Inside, the plant has 26 overhead cranes that run on 39 miles (62.7 kilometers) of ceiling tracks, which lift and move big pieces and sections of planes as they're being built. (The aircraft are assembled on a production line that moves about an inch-and-a-half (3.8 centimeters) per ...
Finally, modern designs of planes that have only been around for 20 years or so will be some of the most expensive on the used market. Mostly made of composites, these planes will feature many modern features and performances that the old designs did not have. The Cirrus SR 20/22 and Di...
How Planes Work Airplanes fly when the movement of air across their wings creates an upward force on the wings (and thus the rest of the plane) that is greater than the force of gravity pulling the plane toward the earth. The physics behind this phenomenon was first described by Daniel Ber...
How the Boeing Chairman Phil Condit plans to boost profits by driving out costly manufacturing techniques; Plans to put its big planes on assembly lines; Competition between Boeing Co. and Airbus.Wall Street Journal - Eastern EditionLunsford
Many larger prop-driven aircraft boast propellers with adjustable pitch mechanisms. These mechanisms let the pilot adjust the propeller's angle of attack depending on air speed and altitude. There are, of course, variations. For example, inturbo prop planes, a gas turbine spins the propeller, ...
A glider has many of the same parts as an airplane: fuselage wings control surfaces landing gear But, there are significant differences in these parts on a glider, so let's take a look at each. Fuselage Gliders are as small and light as possible. Since there is no large engine taking ...
Q. Are the delays in deliveries of new planes from Boeing affecting your holiday season planning? A: No. Boeing needs to be successful, they need to be able to deliver quality aircraft, but we haven't built our schedule for the holiday period that is dependent on getting any deliveries. ...
Turn your eyes to the sky and it's likely you'll see more than a few vapor trails—the wispy white lines that jet planes scribble on the great blue canvas stretched above our heads. At the dawn of the 20th century, the very idea of powered flight seemed, to many, like a ludicrous ...
According to Airbus, CO2 emissions for today’s aircraft are 80% lower than they were back in 1970. Boeing claim that the B787 Dreamliner uses 20-25% less fuel on a per passenger basis than the planes it replaces. This is one of the facts which Europe’s largest low-cost airline, Rya...
Boeing’s system safety analysis of MCAS, in working out the failure probabilities, assumes that the pilots will take steps in response to anything that arises, and will do so quickly. The pilots’ struggles to control their planes before both MAX crashes s...