In many books and magazines on the history of WWII, few photographs of the venerable B-17 Flying Fortress are more ... held ...

A cylinder runs along the core of the wing to fit a carbon fiber wing spar. The ribs are first treated as a separate body in CAD and split into four quadrants. When these quadrants combine with ...

The bomber most famously used in World War Two was prevented from flying after a safety issue was discovered with a wing. Based at Duxford in Cambridgeshire, the B-17, named Sally B, bought as a ...

The second plane was a VTOL tilt rotor, using aluminum box section for the wing spar. This plane was a lot of fun to fly, but again, a bit overweight and the airfoil was never quite right.

Notable B-17 Bomber Facts One point that isn't noted in the Apple+ series is that the aircraft was seen as quite a risk for ...

Originally designed as a floating buoy to acquire oceanographic information, the main component of a spar facility is the deep-draft floating chamber, or hollow cylindrical hull ...

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