Similar to a car with a separate fuel tank, the wings on aircraft are watertight and designed to hold aviation fuel. Having ...

A cylinder runs along the core of the wing to fit a carbon fiber wing spar. The ribs are first treated ... A well-designed airframe is essential when pushing aircraft to the edge of efficiency ...

Scott Thompson of Aero Vintage Books provides the latest updates on three B-17s at the Erickson Aircraft Collection. While ...

A cross-section of the aircraft wing fixing ... has two prongs that extend below it where they are attached to the wing spar. For the curious engineer with no aviation experience the question ...