Tooling Lifecycle Management in Aviation MRO: A Case Study with Ethiopian Airlines
How Ethiopian Airlines and RH Aero (formerly known as Rhinestahl) worked together to establish GEnx engine maintenance capabilities, optimize shop operations and develop a proactive approach to…
What you Should Know About -Engine Exhaust Nozzle Shapes
Airports are busier than ever – thousands of airplanes taking off and landing every day. Passengers and people living around airports are reminded that the airplane is not the quietest mode of…
What you should know about - Final Assembly Lines
Up to 73 m long, 80 m wide and 25 m high. We are not talking about a building here. This is the size of an A380, which, in addition to the Boeing 747, is one of the largest passenger planes in the…
Multiple Final Assembly Line for Indonesian Aerospace
PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI), also known as Indonesian Aerospace, is one of the local aerospace companies in Asia with core competences in aircraft design and development, aircraft structure…
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…
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…
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 - 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 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…