The rival to the Boeing 777-8 freighter, Airbus’s upcoming widebody freighter A350F, is also making steady progress. Airbus ...

Stringers are the long composite rods, shaped like I-beams, that stiffen the inside of the wing skin. There are 17 stringers on each upper wing, all of them subject to compression forces when the ...

Boeing has begun production of the highly anticipated Boeing 777-8F, as it manufactured the first spar - a long beam that ...

Boeing has begun work on the wings for its new generation 777-8 freighter ahead of its revised entry to market date of 2028 ...

The wing damage that grounded Boeing's new composite plastic 787 Dreamliner occurred under less stress and is more extensive than previously reported.

Boeing and its suppliers have started to manufacture major components for the prototype 777-8F. These include the wing, ...

Each wing on an aircraft has two wing skins, one lower and one upper, that provide the largest aerodynamic surface on the plane. The inner surface of each skin includes a series of parallel stringers ...