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Formers are used in the construction of aircraft fuselage, of which a typical fuselage has a series from the nose cone to the empennage, typically perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft. The primary purpose of formers is to establish the shape of the fuselage and reduce the column length of stringers to prevent instability. [1]
Interior of a Boeing/Stearman PT-17 showing small channel section stringers. In engineering, a longeron or stringer is a load-bearing component of a framework.. The term is commonly used in connection with aircraft fuselages and automobile chassis.
Alexander Konopatov (1922–2004) – aircraft and rocket designer at OKB-154; Otto C. Koppen (1901–1991) – MIT professor, designer for Ford and Helio Courier; Yuri Koptev (born 1940) – engineer, former Roscosmos General Director; Sergey Korolev (1907–1966) – Korolev rocket design bureau founder
Pages in category "Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the United States" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 301 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Having former experience with aeronautical testing at both U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School and NASA, he joined Duluth, Minnesota-based aircraft manufacturer Cirrus Design (now called Cirrus Aircraft) as a test pilot in November 1995. He contributed to stall testing of the company's first design, the Cirrus VK-30 kit aircraft, which first flew ...
In late 2005, there was a loss of confidence in air travel and apathy in the aviation industry as two fatal air disasters in a span of 7 weeks left the nation mourning. The two incidents were Bellview Airlines Flight 210 that killed all 117 people on board on October 22, and Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 that killed 105 of 108 passengers ...
After graduating from MIT in 1934, Milliken worked in the aircraft industry for twenty years in analysis, wind tunnel and flight testing, with emphasis on stability and control. He was assistant head of Flight Test at Boeing Aircraft during World War II, and was on the first flights of the prototype XB-29 and several B-17 models.
Najeeb Halaby, Administrator of the United States Federal Aviation Administration and father of Queen Noor of Jordan; Howard Hawks, American film director, producer and screenwriter of the classic Hollywood era; Alfred C. Haynes, American Speaker at social events; Rudolf Hess, prominent figure in Nazi Germany