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Airbus A380 test wing breaks just below ultimate load target
Flight International ^
| 16 February 2006
| MAX KINGSLEY-JONES
Posted on 02/16/2006 2:01:08 PM PST by A.A. Cunningham
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To: Bender2
61
posted on
02/16/2006 2:51:15 PM PST
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: Howie66
What is the french word for "OPPS!!"? Merd! (like sheeeeet)
To: MineralMan
"One Pugeot was more than enough for me to understand French engineering excellence."
The difference between Heaven and Hell:
IN HEAVEN:
The police are British, the cooks are French, the engineers are German, the lovers are Italian, and the managers are Swiss.
IN HELL:
The police are German, the cooks are British, the engineers are French, the lovers are Swiss, and the Italians are running the place.
63
posted on
02/16/2006 2:51:29 PM PST
by
No Truce With Kings
(The opinions expressed are mine! Mine! MINE! All Mine!)
To: Frank_Discussion
First the wine.....now this......it must suck to be french. Blahahahahahah
64
posted on
02/16/2006 2:51:36 PM PST
by
Gator113
To: sitetest
Where is the suprise? The French built an aircraft carrier that was too short for its jets to take off of....now they have built an airliner that is too big to land at a huge percentage of existing airports.
The French - true to form; SNAFU'ed
To: Petronski
> Nineteen seconds.
> I hate you.
Actually, you were beat by 17 *minutes*.
66
posted on
02/16/2006 2:53:21 PM PST
by
orionblamblam
(A furore Normannorum libra nos, Domine)
To: SkyDancer
"At the Boeing plant in Everett they have a 767 that they never were able to break the wing. We saw it during a tour. The whole fuselage twisted but the wing never broke ..."
Do they do any sort of shear test on wings? Or is shear not an issue wuth these constructions?
67
posted on
02/16/2006 2:54:46 PM PST
by
TalBlack
(I WON'T suffer the journalizing or editorializing of people who are afraid of the enemies of freedom)
To: Gator113
68
posted on
02/16/2006 2:54:48 PM PST
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: HardStarboard
69
posted on
02/16/2006 2:55:20 PM PST
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: CdMGuy
Yes, it would. This was one of the "publicized" reasons for increased weight as the Air Force had validated the designs to date.
70
posted on
02/16/2006 2:55:35 PM PST
by
jettester
(I got paid to break 'em - not fly 'em)
To: A.A. Cunningham
Whatever happened to 2X safety factors?
71
posted on
02/16/2006 2:56:46 PM PST
by
UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide
(Give Them Liberty Or Give Them Death! - IT'S ISLAM, STUPID! - Islam Delenda Est! - Rumble thee forth)
To: Max in Utah
All the MILSPEC stamp did was bump up the dang price from $2.50 per fryer to over $40 a piece!!!
72
posted on
02/16/2006 2:57:38 PM PST
by
jettester
(I got paid to break 'em - not fly 'em)
To: Frank_Discussion
To: Leo Carpathian; Frank_Discussion; Allegra; peacebaby
Re:
What is the french word for "OPPS!!"?
Le mot français pour des opps est des oops! Et s'il y a plus de questions stupides comme ce, il sera la fin d'une amitié beautful! Comprenez...
Merde!
Maintenant, haut rond les suspects habituels!
74
posted on
02/16/2006 3:00:55 PM PST
by
Bender2
(Redid my FR Homepage just for ya'll... Now, Vote Republican and vote often!)
To: A.A. Cunningham
Would it not be a routine procedure to take a critical element (like the wing) to the breaking point in tests? I'm no engineer, but I think I would want to know what the real limit is, and there's only one way to find out.
To: China Clipper
OT, but what does one of those babies cost? I'm looking at a CCW, but don't want to lug the Browning Hi-Power all the time.
76
posted on
02/16/2006 3:01:19 PM PST
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: A.A. Cunningham
They're called AIRBUST for a reason...
For you English majors in the forum -- AIRBURST.
Semper Fi
77
posted on
02/16/2006 3:04:09 PM PST
by
river rat
(You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
To: HardStarboard
I've heard quite a few versions covering trains, Concords, etc. that I am not sure where it came from. But, I bet there is a "real story" somewhere in how the joke came into being, if you know what I mean.
The best joke I ever pulled was when my team was having a lunch party at a local Italian restaurant. I had prearranged to have my high-speed videos of some recent bird-strikes we had done shown on the big screens (the place was a sports bar hangout). Needless to say, the Chicken Parmesan buffet went uneaten and the cook was forever pissed at me!!!
78
posted on
02/16/2006 3:05:53 PM PST
by
jettester
(I got paid to break 'em - not fly 'em)
To: SF Republican
I used to break helicopters for a living at KAMAN Aerospace, 11 years
we broke real live full size stuff
79
posted on
02/16/2006 3:07:31 PM PST
by
RaceBannon
((Prov 28:1 KJV) The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.)
To: China Clipper
80
posted on
02/16/2006 3:14:27 PM PST
by
BubbaTheRocketScientist
(We're from the town with the Super Bowl Team, we cheer the Pittsburgh Steelers!)
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