NMUSAF: a toolmaker’s touch
By London Bishop - lbishop@aimmediamidwest.com
The restoration hangar includes everything necessary to restore historic airplanes, including a machine shop, a woodworking shop, and welding station.
John Rumpf, 93, stands in his workshop at the restoration hangar of the National Museum of the US Air Force.
John Rumpf shows off a die he created to replicate an airplane part from the 1940s.
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE Once a week, John Rumpf comes to work in the machine shop at the restoration hangar of the National Museum of the US Air Force. His job: crafting teeny tiny parts, which will be used to restore the historical aircraft in the museum’s care.