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fuselage

Noun

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the central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo)

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A300B10 (A310) main Introduced a shorter fuselage, a new, higher aspect ratio wing, smaller horizontal tail and two crew operation. Source: Internet

About 5 seconds after all the landing gear were in ground contact the left main landing gear collapsed and the aircraft left wing tip, left propeller and the rear left portion of the fuselage contacted the runway. Source: Internet

Accordingly, as a 237 gal (897 l) self-sealing fuel tank replaced the fuselage mounted armament, the cockpit had to be moved back by convert and the fuselage lengthened. Source: Internet

A large radome for an S-band AN/APS-20 search radar was fitted underneath the fuselage and additional internal fuel tanks were added for longer range, with the provision for additional underwing fuel tanks. Source: Internet

A fire then developed and burnt out the fuselage. Source: Internet

A flying wing has no fuselage, though it may have small blisters or pods. Source: Internet

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