The thought that primary aircraft structures have to be strapped into molds, jigs, and riveted assemblies is being torn apart ...

A five‑meter aircraft fuselage, manufactured completely without molds, rivets, or conventional tooling, is destined to be one ...

Aero Vodochody’s L-39NG has passed fuselage strength tests, as the company works towards certification of the advanced jet trainer. Using the fuselage of aircraft 7002, which is earmarked for static ...

WICHITA — It takes more than 200,000 fasteners to hold a Boeing 737 together, and many of them are installed manually by mechanics at Spirit AeroSystems. "You can run your finger down and feel how ...

As part of the EU-funded Clean Sky 2/Clean Aviation project “Large Passenger Aircraft” (“LPA”), the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft in Stade, Germany, together with international project partners, has joined ...

Spirit AeroSystems has assembled its first Boeing 767 forward fuselage, a milestone for a company that has previously produced, but not assembled, sections of the 767’s forward fuselage. Wichita-based ...

Already verified as the fastest and highest-flying small business jet — 420 knots/483 mph and a ceiling of 43,000 feet/13,106 meters, respectively — Honda Aircraft Co.’s (Greensboro, N.C.) HondaJet ...

At airports around the world, hundreds of aircraft are retired to desert graveyards every year. Many are dismantled for parts; others are left to rust. What if these could get a second chance on the ...

While old planes typically get shipped off to aircraft boneyards, one savvy tiny home builder has found a new use for an old part taken from a retired plane. Brisbane-based The Tiny House Guys has ...