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  2. Flight test - Wikipedia

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    Static pressure probe on the nose of a Sukhoi Superjet 100 prototype Pressure measurement equipment and water tanks in Boeing 747-8I prototype Static pressure probe rig aboard Boeing 747-8I prototype; a long plastic tube, shown wound round a storage drum, is connected to a probe with static pressure orifices. The probe is trailed about two wing ...

  3. List of aircraft structural failures - Wikipedia

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    Boeing 747: Corrosion in pylon fuse pin leading to metal fatigue 4 on board, 39 on ground Engine No.3 separated from its pylon which caused the adjacent engine No.4 to also fall off, taking the slats with them; stall and crash on attempted landing 1996-07-17 TWA Flight 800: Moriches Inlet, near East Moriches, New York Boeing 747: Fuel tank ...

  4. Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome - Wikipedia

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    Photographs of the test were later involved in a hoax, which supposedly showed an Air Canada Boeing 747 with its back half exploding on landing. The photo was, however, an edit of an Air Canada Boeing 747 landing normally with the photo of the explosion test stitched onto the back of the aircraft. [3]

  5. Krueger flap - Wikipedia

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    Boeing conducted a series of test flights in 2015 with a modified Boeing 757, incorporating new wing-leading-edge sections and an actively blown vertical tail. [10] The left wing was modified to include a 6.7 m-span glove section supporting a variable-camber Krueger flap to be deployed during landing, protruding just ahead of the leading edge.

  6. N747GE - Wikipedia

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    The Boeing 747-121 [Note 1] rolled off of Boeing's assembly line in 1969 as the 25th Boeing 747 constructed. [citation needed] Originally registered as N744PA, the aircraft was delivered to Pan American World Airways . N744PA remained under the ownership of Pan Am until 1991, when the airline declared bankruptcy on January 8, 1991. [1] [2]

  7. The world's longest Boeing 747 passenger flight will end as ...

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    Lufthansa's more than two dozen 747 jets are expected to cover 21 routes from Frankfurt in 2025, totaling about 12,000 flights, per Cirium. That's about 63% of next year's total scheduled 747 flights.

  8. The Boeing 747 is a rarer sight but still popular with heads ...

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    Among its six active jets is one Boeing 747-400, per ch-aviation data. 88-year-old King Salman travels with a 1,500-person entourage and two Mercedes Benz limousines, The Points Guy reported.

  9. Testbed aircraft - Wikipedia

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    DB-3 testbed aeroplane of TsAGI for laminar wing profiles research (1940) Sapphire turbojet engine fitted to an Avro 691 Lancastrian testbed (outer position), June 1954. A testbed aircraft is an aeroplane, helicopter or other kind of aircraft intended for flight research or testing the aircraft concepts or on-board equipment.