Horizontally sectioned polymer gasket

A gasket for use as an environmental seal between a first aircraft part having a planer surface and a second aircraft part having a planer surface, first and second aircraft parts spread apart and engaged with fasteners, the gasket compressible between the planer surfaces, the gasket comprising:

• a first elastomeric tabular portion having tabular portion properties and having a first tabular thickness, a length and a width, the length and width being much greater than the first tabular thickness;
• a second elastomeric tabular portion having tabular portion properties and having a second tabular thickness, a length and a width, the length and width being much greater than the second tabular thickness;
• and
• a tabular skeleton;
• wherein the first and second tabular portions extend substantially the entire length and width of the gasket;
• wherein the first and second tabular portions and the skeleton are all positioned parallel to one another and the first and second tabular portions are at least partly embedded in the skeleton;
• wherein the skeleton is at least partly contacting one of the tabular portions;
• and
• wherein the first tabular portion and the second tabular portion differ in at least one tabular portion property.