Boeing has begun work on the wings for its new generation 777-8 freighter ahead of its revised entry to market date of 2028 ...

A cylinder runs along the core of the wing to fit a carbon fiber wing spar. ... the density of standard PLA does appear to be good enough for model aircraft. Accepting that wings need to ...

Groundbreaking Wing Spar Restoration on B-17G 44-85718. Aircraft 44-85718 is currently undergoing extensive structural work, particularly to address issues related to its inner wing spar tubes.

The spar is a long C- or I-shaped primary structure that runs the length of the wing, spanning from root to tip. A wing box, depending on the size and type of the aircraft, might have one or multiple ...

High-performance spar. The WOT demonstrator, like any commercial aircraft wing, has several spar structures. The rear spar Daher developed for WOT is outside the tank and the second closest of two ...

Both wings are one component with spars stretching all the way from one wing to the other. Being composite, the wings are extremely flexible and light, and the bending under load is carried by the ...

An Airbus spokesperson confirmed that “small cracks have been found on the outer rear wing spars of early production A380 aircraft. We have identified the issue, and have designed an inspection ...

Two years after the world's largest jetliner rolled out of its Toulouse factory for the last time, Airbus is preparing to bring some A380 superjumbos back to their birthplace for wing inspections ...

Apus Group is developing a family of composite aircraft that will store hydrogen in circular wing spar fuel tanks. The Apus i-2 uses hydrogen to power fuel cells, which deliver electricity to two ...

The FAA issued a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) for owners of certain Piper PA-46 models after the recent discovery of fatigue cracking in the wing main spar lower cap in a ...

It had a steel-tube fuselage and wing spar structure. The upper wing was inversely staggered behind the lower wing, and this design gave the Model 17 its unique shape and name. The fuselage was faired ...