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Authors :
Mecham, Michael
Norris, Guy
Source :
Aviation Week & Space Technology. 7/16/2007, Vol. 167 Issue 3, p26-27. 2p. 1 Color Photograph.
Publication Year :
2007

Abstract

The article reports on how the airplane details showed Boeing's technology push goes well beyond 787's composite airframe. It says that several distinctive external features of the 787 were clearly visible for the first time at rollout, including a protruding keel beam, larger air scoops, smaller flight control and flap surface actuators, as well as the smooth butt joints between the adjacent one-piece composite fuselage barrel sections.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00052175
Volume :
167
Issue :
3
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Aviation Week & Space Technology
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
26129343