Well, my wife has appropriated this plane, so the repair will be hers to do, and she thanks you very much. She fell in love with the look of the covering...On the way home, she was examining the tissue, when she comments (and points) that it looks like there was a repaired slice right here...POP! Should have seen her face LOL! I have no idea about the original tissue as to type, but the repair will be done with Japanese tissue, as that's what my LHS had. BTW, she now has a better idea of what I mean when I say "Boy you don't see many guys using such a delicate covering on power planes nowadays".