Drag-reducing riblets have been applied directly to the paint covering the fuselage of JAL’s Boeing 787-9. Credit: Japan Airlines A Japan Airlines (JAL) Boeing 787-9 with drag-reducing riblet ...

However, production of the 50/50EX ended in 2008. The following models are the Falcon 7X and Falcon 900, which feature larger fuselages and similar trijet configurations. The company also developed a ...

Boeing had a decent orderbook in December to cap a very bad year. But its deliveries for the month show it continues to struggle to rebound from the crippling strike earlier in the fall. The ...

WICHITA, Kan., Jan. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPR) ("Spirit," "Spirit AeroSystems" or the "Company") announced the sale ...

In one major Air Force research project, he developed a widebody fuselage that was adhesively bonded, without fasteners. Ogonowski said Hart-Smith produced designs with an eye to making them ...

Had Leonardo made the design change, altering the thread direction on a critical nut as it had on the AW139, the claim says ... Damage from the impact to the lower fuselage, parts of which were ...

Believed to be the largest aircraft currently flying anywhere in the world, Roc is a six-engined, dual fuselage, all-composite, over-wing design (registration N351SL) created by Scaled Composites ...

The aircraft has attractive, sleek contours, common among composite fuselages, accentuated by complementary finish of a beautiful paint scheme. Italian fashion models have long been heralded for ...

Boeing discovered another problem in some of its 737 fuselages that may delay deliveries of about 50 aircraft in the latest quality gaffe to plague the manufacturer. Improperly drilled holes were ...