What you should know about - Aircraft Water Tanks
The water and waste system supplies potable water to the lavatories and galleys of an airplane, and removes the sink and toilet waste. It is also needed for hot tea and coffee made in the galleys…
What you should know about - Landing Gear Doors
Of the hundreds of structural parts and hundreds of moving parts on a commercial airplane, there are very few that are both structural and moving that also face the aerodynamic and…
What you should know about - The Aircraft Lower Deck
The lower deck of an aircraft is usually used as cargo space. The various cargo sections are known as the hold and differ according to their position in the aircraft. The forward hold is located in…
What you should know about - Aircraft Breaks
All modern commercial aircraft have automatic brake systems. Just like a car, these systems also have an anti-lock braking system (ABS) that prevents the tires from sliding down a wet runway. The…
What You Should Know About - Aircraft Tire Damage and Blowouts
You see the shredded remnants of car tires littering the highway all the time, yet you've almost certainly never witnessed or even read about a tire blowout on an airliner. Why not? Aircraft that…
What You Should Know About - Aircraft Wheels
A Boeing 747 coming from Hong Kong touches down on the Northwest Runway at the Frankfurt Airport while a blue-gray cloud hangs in the background. The 16 main landing gear tires safely bring the…
What You Should Know About - Aircraft Landing Gears
Touchdown. An A380 has just landed safely at FRA. One of the unsung heroes? The landing gear, which had to absorb a landing weight of up to 391 metric tons. Just another day in the life of an…
What You Should Know About - Winglets and Wingtips
Winglets - the tips at the end of wings that point upward - were inspired by the flying motion of birds - eagles specifically. An eagle's wings combine maximum lift with minimum length by curling up…
Rolls-Royce Ultrafan Engine Project
Rolls-Royce has started building the world’s largest airplane engine, the UltraFan, at their dedicated facility in Derby UK. The engine is the first step towards the airplane industries’ transition…