Gulfstream Aerospace has completed ultimate load testing for the new Gulfstream G500 to validate the business jet’s structural integrity. Ultimate load represents 150% of the limit load and is ...
The Comac C919 programme is making progress, with the aircraft passing a key static testing milestone and flight test aircraft 102 making a cross country flight. On 12 July, top Comac executives ...
Boeing has completed the ultimate load wing-bend test on the 787 static test airframe (ZY997) at its plant in Everett, Washington. The airframer says that it applied loads to replicate 150% of the ...
A data analysis confirms that the Boeing 787’s composite wing can withstand a load 1.5 times greater than the most extreme forces the airplane is expected to experience in commercial service. The ...