Historic B-17 bombers are undergoing major restorations. Erickson Aircraft replaces wing spars on 44-85718 (Thunderbird), ...

Inspections for cracks in the vicinity of Airbus A380 wing spars must take into account the amount of time the aircraft has been parked in storage, safety regulators have instructed. The European ...

The FAA has issued an interim Airworthiness Directive (AD) for Boeing B-17E, F, and G models to address critical issues with wing spar lower fittings and cracking. This AD mandates specific ...

Following in the wake of German aviation pioneer Hugo Junkers, who first used corrugated aluminium to stiffen the fuselage skin of his aircraft, EADS aerostructure subsidiary Premium Aerotec has ...

DARPA's X-65, that replaces conventional aircraft flight controls with puffs of air, is coming together at Boeing subsidiary ...

FAA issued an emergency airworthiness directive requiring one-time visual inspections of rear spar lower caps of Raytheon Beech 1900 aircraft wings for cracking and other damage, with repairs as ...

Joby Aviation, in cooperation with A&P Technology, Toray Advanced Composites and NIAR, recently conducted a time study comparing layup of a partial wing spar using traditional woven prepreg and ...

Repeated inspections revealed fatigue concentrations around the C-123’s wing roots and spars, especially on aircraft ...

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 ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Model 17, the first aircraft produced by the new Beech Aircraft Company of Wichita, Kansas, was a gamble for ...