fuselage bending
1Podded engine — A podded engine is a jet engine in a pod, typically attached below the wing or to the tail of the aircraft. The pod itself is called a nacelle.Placing engines on the wing provides beneficial wing bending relief in flight. Early British jet… …
2Maximum Zero-Fuel Weight — The Zero Fuel Weight (ZFW) of an airplane is the total weight of the airplane and all its contents, minus the total weight of the fuel on board. For example, if an airplane is flying at a weight of 5,000 lb and the weight of fuel on board is …
3solids, mechanics of — ▪ physics Introduction science concerned with the stressing (stress), deformation (deformation and flow), and failure of solid materials and structures. What, then, is a solid? Any material, fluid or solid, can support normal forces.… …
4Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-4 — infobox Aircraft name = Nimbus 4 type = high performance FAI Open Class glider manufacturer = Schempp Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH caption = Nimbus 4M with powerplant deployed designer = Klaus Holighaus first flight = 1990 introduction = retired =… …
5aerospace industry — Introduction assemblage of manufacturing concerns that deal with vehicular flight within and beyond the Earth s atmosphere. (The term aerospace is derived from the words aeronautics and spaceflight.) The aerospace industry is engaged in the …
6List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft, pre-1950 — This is a list of notable accidents and incidents involving military aircraft grouped by the year in which the accident or incident occurred. For more exhaustive lists, see the [http://www.baaa acro.com/ Aircraft Crash Record Office] or the [http …
7Airliner — The Boeing 747 was the first wide body airliner. Pictured is the 747 8I model which first flew in 2011 …
8Vickers Valiant — For other uses see: Valiant infobox Aircraft name = Vickers Valiant type = Strategic bomber manufacturer =Vickers Armstrongs caption =RAF Valiant in anti flash white designer = first flight =18 May avyear|1951 introduced =1955 retired =January… …
9Bristol Brabazon — Infobox Aircraft name= Brabazon caption= Bristol Brabazon model type= Airliner manufacturer= Bristol Aeroplane Company designer= first flight= 4 September 1949 introduced= retired= 1953 status= Only example scrapped in 1953 primary user= more… …
10Sukhoi Su-47 — infobox Aircraft name = Su 47 Berkut caption = type = Technology Demonstrator manufacturer =Sukhoi designer =Sukhoi Design Bureau of Moscow first flight = 25 September 1997 introduced =January 2000 retired = status = Experimental primary user =… …
