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Accounts the mandate of the United States Federal Aviation Administration for a set of recommended inspections on Boeing 767 elevator power control actuator bellcranks. Redesign of a key part; Response to the EgyptAir Flight 990 crash; Verification of elevator control system integrity.

The article focuses on the report from the Accident Investigation Board of Norway (AIBN) regarding the Boeing 737 model aircraft investigation. According to AIBN, the aeronautics company Boeing is unaware of the significant amount of deicing fluid that can enter at the tail cones of Boeing 737 models. Topics featured include flight-control computers, power-control units (PCU), and aircraft's elevators.

The article examines construction and testing of the Boeing 787-9 jet transport by the aerospace industries company Boeing Co. The company's use of a hybrid laminar flow control (HLFC) system on the vertical and horizontal stabilizers of the transport to reduce aerodynamic drag in flight is discussed. HLFC works by delaying the transition from laminar to turbulent air flow over the skin of the stabilizers.

The article reports that U.S. aerospace and defense corporation Boeing has shifted the role of European aerospace company Alenia Aeronautica in the development and production of the composite horizontal stabilizer for Boeing's stretched 787-9 aircraft. According to reports, Alenia's shift to a secondary role is a result of Boeing's efforts to broaden the role of its own factories for the 787-9's vertical stabilizer.

The article reports on the first production of horizontal stabilizer from Alenia Aeronautica for the Boeing 787 aircraft. The stabilizer mimics the aircraft's composite wing. It consists of two monolithic co-cured composite boxes that are 66 feet. It is being cured in a single piece in an autoclave polymerization cycle that starts from 27 wet uncured complex components.

Reports on Lockheed Martin's replacement of the horizontal stabilizers in the first two F-22A Raptor test aircraft. Problems with the horizontal stabilizers; Development of a third horizontal stabilizer design by F-22 engineers.

The article reports on several military devices, including the advanced weapons elevator for the CVN 21 carrier from Federal Equipment Co., the truck armor from DSM Dyneema BV, the Recon III Thermal Binocular from FLIR Systems Inc. and the isotonic drink from GlaxoSmithKline PLC.

The article reports on the advanced weapons elevator for the CVN 21 aircraft carrier developed by Federal Equipment Co. Northrop Grumman Corp. has awarded contract to Federal Equipment to design and build a weapons elevator for CVN 21 carrier. The prototype testing for the carrier elevator will be completed by 2007.

This article focuses on use of Horizontal Tail Stabilizer (HTP) in aircrafts. The new Airbus 380 may be the largest aircraft ever to be built, yet SKF engineers had devilishly tight constraints under which to design the bearing assembly for (HTP). The primary function of the HTP is to balance all the moments caused by the various aerodynamic and inertia forces and to provide a stable angle of incidence. A secondary function is to control the pitch of the aircraft. SKF engineers designed the failsafe hinge and shaft assembly that connects the horizontal fuselage and stabilizer and is a critical part of the HTP. To meet the loading (high) and weight (low), they employed a new, high-strength steel and titanium shaft and a bi-metal, spherical plain bearing designed to support loads up to 3,800 kN.