| The
nose section of the doomed Boeing 747 that blew up over Lockerbie, in Scotland, on December 23, 1988
Photos of the two planes on the runway, shows one of them appearing to have lost its entire
nose section in the crash.
To reduce this micro pressure, the front car is designed with a
nose section, said the official.
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.
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.
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.
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.
...er, well, not so apparently, as Bond's plane is seen flying off with Dr No damage to the
nose section despite the collision
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.
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.