The largest aircraft in the US Air Force is famed for its, enormous payload capacity, illustrious service legacy and global ...

Aside from the jet engines, which were still a novelty in the mid-1940s, the rest of the aircraft was fairly conventional for the era—straight wings, a standard empennage, and aluminum monocoque with ...

Why? A vertical stabilizer, often referred to as the 'tail fin,' is fitted to the aircraft's rear. This, along with the horizontal stabilizers, makes up the empennage. The vertical stabilizer is ...

The global aircraft nuts market is projected to witness a growth rate of 2.9% annually from 2024 to 2032, with an anticipated size of US$ 1.8 billion by 2032, according to an analysis by Stratview ...

Airbus’s Hamburg facility has taken delivery of the first A350 freighter section 19, the aerostructure which is located aft of the main fuselage barrel and interfaces with the empennage.

A tail strike occurs when the tail or empennage of an aircraft hits the ground or any other stationary object during take-off or landing. In July 2023, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation ...