1900 Soaring Popularity
1910 Hutchinson diversification continues. Hutchinson provides coated fabric for airships, including the Astra Torres, the first to cross the English Channel. 1911 Hutchinson materials used for the tires and canvas wings of the newly invented airplane, Nieuport biplane. 1916 Hutchinson materials are used on the Hanriot and Blériot aircraft, as well as motorcycles and trucks.