nose section

i. The forward section of an aircraft. See center section.
ii. The forward section of an aircraft reciprocating-engine crankcase that contains the thrust-bearing and propeller-reduction gears.

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| The nose section of the doomed Boeing 747 that blew up over Lockerbie, in Scotland, on December 23, 1988

We realised it was her plane... and that Flora was dead

Photos of the two planes on the runway, shows one of them appearing to have lost its entire nose section in the crash.

Military planes smash into each other on the runway while trying to land in Sudan

To reduce this micro pressure, the front car is designed with a nose section, said the official.

Bullet train to have child-feeding room, separate washrooms

Unlike the engineers at General Electric who had studied ceramics and dismissed them as too difficult to work with compared to reinforced plastic resins, Avco engineers decided to pursue the use of ceramics for the nose section of the reentry vehicle where the heating was the most severe.

Reentry Vehicle Development Leading to the Minuteman Avco Mark 5 and 11

However, on closer exam, the once-flat tip was now slightly dished in by the impact, and putting a caliper to the nose section showed it had minimally bulged.

A bullet penetration puzzler: Newton's Third Law of Motion explains why certain bullets penetrate less at high velocity than they do at lower velocity

The massive undercut at the nose section of the TPE cushion calls for a compound with a high degree of strength and elongation, noted Ryan Redford, RMD's director of product development.

Wacker unveils silicones, 3d printing device

The autoclave addition is part of an expansion to Spirit's composite fuselage facility, where the company makes the carbon-fiber nose section for Boeing's 787 Dreamliner.

Spirit AeroSystems installs autoclave for composite manufacturing

...er, well, not so apparently, as Bond's plane is seen flying off with Dr No damage to the nose section despite the collision

DOUBLE D'OH! 7; Bond makes a SPECTRE-cle of himself with 35 movie bloopers

The sixth generation Caravelle gets the smarter nose section inroduced with the T6 Transporter van and, as before, is available in either short or long wheelbase bodystyles.

Minibus plus; Volkswagen's sixth generation T6 model Caravelle might look like a straightforward large people carrier but it's almost unique in today's market. Jonathan Crouch explains why

The sixth generation Caravelle gets the smarter nose section introduced with the T6 Transporter van and, as before, is available in either short or long wheelbase bodystyles.