NMUSAF: a toolmaker's touch - Xenia Gazette
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: cr...