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
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