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When you contact companies/agencies, focus on what solutions they turned to when it was found that cork insulation used prior to WWII was undesirable due to its flammable nature. Pressed/formed fiberglass type composites would have likely made entry into military aviation also at that time and it's likely that similar materials would have continued to be in use. You refit an aircraft with critical new tech, new gizmos, new materials but, you don't always rip its skin off and replace insulation. That's not always a critical component and unless a tremendous weight savings would be found refitting an aircraft AND replacing the structural support the formed fiberglass composites provided would not be lightly undertaken. That's like rebuilding an entire aircraft plus you have to tool for the deconstruction as well. It'd be cheaper to build new ones.<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="1">I put on my robe and wizard hat...</font> </div>