Inside The World's Largest Twinjet Freighter As Boeing Starts 777-8F Wing Assembly

Boeing has begun wing assembly on the company's hallmark Boeing 777-8F Freighter, the world's most capable twin-engine cargo ...
Hackaday

Making A Cardboard Airplane Wing

Ideally, an aircraft would be made of something reasonably strong, light, and weather resistant. Cardboard, is none of those ...
Flying

FAA Issues Airworthiness Directive for Certain Piper Aircraft Models

A new FAA airworthiness directive (AD) mandates inspections of rear (and potentially forward) wing spar attachment fittings on specific Piper aircraft models (PA-28-181, PA-28R-201, PA-34-220T, and PA ...
Ainonline.com

Apus Aircraft Design Stores Hydrogen in Wing Spar Tanks

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 ...
CompositesWorld

Aerospace prepregs with braided reinforcement demonstrate improved production rates, cost

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 ...