They used spruce for the frame and muslin for the covering.
Aluminum parts of an airplane are often painted with a green zinc chromate primer to protect the metal from corrosion.
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The first airplanes where used as private planes until the military required there services and where used as recon planes during the World Wars.
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Airplane bodies are manufactured in two types of material- with the exception of more high-tech designs- which include aluminum and fibreglass.
They used spruce for the frame and covered it with muslin. The engine and many other parts were metal.
The Wright brothers used spruce to make their frame and stretched muslin over it for the covering.
Most of the first aircraft used light fabric like muslin. This was stretched over spars and longerons and then varnished to make it tight and windproof.