HeraldNet

Alenia wraps up 787 horizontal stabilizer testing

Boeing’s 787 partner Alenia Aeronautica says it has finished destructive testing on the Dreamliner’s horizontal stabilizer. After testing the stabilizer over the past seven months, Italy’s Alenia says ...
Flying

NTSB Issues Emergency Safety Recommendation for DHC-3s

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued an urgent safety recommendation to the FAA and Transport Canada that all operators of de Havilland Canada DHC-3s conduct an immediate inspection on ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

Boeing unveils all-Utah-built airplane tail four months in the making

The first entirely Utah-made 787-9 horizontal stabilizer, or tail of the airplane, was shipped Friday as a crowd of more than 700 cheered from Boeing Salt Lake's warehouse at Salt Lake City ...
Flying

NTSB Probe Into Downed DHC-3 Seaplane Focuses on Tail

The investigation into the crash of a seaplane north of Seattle last month that killed 10 people is focusing on the tail of the de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter turboprop. The National Transportation ...
Flightglobal

FAA calls for CRJ700/900 horizontal stabilizer fix

The US FAA on Thursday will issue an airworthiness directive calling on operators of Bombardier CRJ700 and CRJ900 regional twinjets to check for and replace faulty bearings in the aircraft's ...
Business Insider

Robinson Helicopter’s Symmetrical Horizontal Stabilizer Now Approved for All Models by European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), Argentina, Japan, and India

TORRANCE, Calif., Dec. 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Robinson Helicopter Company (RHC), the world’s leading manufacturer of civil helicopters, secured approval from EASA authority, Argentina, Japan, ...
Business Wire

Boeing Selects Spirit AeroSystems to Replace KC-135 Horizontal Stabilizers

WICHITA, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPR) today announced a contract award from The Boeing Company to provide new horizontal stabilizers for U.S. Air Force KC-135R ...
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The F-89 Scorpion Was America’s First Interceptor Jet

The F-89’s horizontal stabilizer was positioned in a distinctive forward-leaning configuration—which gave the aircraft’s tail its peculiar resemblance to a scorpion’s stinger. The Northrop F-89 ...
International Business Times

FAA Orders Inspections Of Boeing 737 Horizontal Stabilizers Over Corrosion Concern

Ryanair Boeing 737-800 (EI-CSV), marked Nykoping, takes off from London Luton Airport, England. The 737 horizontal stabilizer is the subject of an FAA inspection order. Wikicommons/Adrian Pingstone ...
The Aviationist

U.S. Air Force Viper Demo Team’s F-16 Suffers Horizontal Stabilizer Damage During Display Flight at RIAT 2019

The pilot declared emergency and landed safely. A pretty unusual incident occurred to the USAF Viper Demo Team F-16C 96-0080 at RIAT (Royal International Air Tattoo), at RAF Fairford, UK, on Jul. 21, ...
Financial Post

Magellan Aerospace Delivers 200th Horizontal Stabilizer Shipset for Global F-35 Aircraft Program

TORONTO — Magellan Aerospace Corporation (“Magellan”) announced today the delivery of the 200 th set of F-35 Lightning II horizontal stabilizer assemblies under an agreement with BAE Systems. Magellan ...