If you want to see ripply aircraft skin you should look up the stainless
steel skinned plane that was built during or shortly after the war (WWII).
To save weight it was really thin. Karibian

This page says it was the BB-1 Pioneer amphibian.

http://www.airfields-freeman.com/PA/Airfields_PA_Philly_NE.htm

This page also says:

During WW2, Budd again saw an opportunity to apply its stainless steel
construction experience to aircraft once again,
and the result was the Budd RB-1 Conestoga cargo aircraft,
the 1st mass-produced aircraft constructed primarily of stainless steel.
The Conestoga was also significant in that it was the 1st modern
military cargo aircraft
to adopt a configuration which has become the standard in post-WW2
military cargo aircraft,
with a high wing, and a rear ramp facilitating easy loading of cargo.
This is the exact configuration still used by almost all post-WW2
military cargo aircraft (C-123, C-130, C-17, etc.).

Jeffrey Martin


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