• DocumentCode
    972947
  • Title

    Big bird gets its wings

  • Author

    Dettmer, Roger

  • Volume
    50
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    4/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    34
  • Lastpage
    38
  • Abstract
    There´s more life in UK manufacturing as the wings of the world´s largest commercial airliner - the Airbus A380 - are being made in the Flintshire countryside.
  • Keywords
    aerospace industry; aircraft manufacture; milling; moulding; shot peening; Airbus A380; Broughton factory; UK manufacturing; creep forming; largest commercial airliner; milling; panel stringers; shot peened; skin panel; vacuum moulded; wing assembly; wing panels;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    IEE Review
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0953-5683
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/ir:20040403
  • Filename
    1293052