How to Use fuselage in a Sentence
fuselage
noun-
The back one's tilt down, the front one's tilt up to stop the sheer forces in the fuselage.
— Michael Calore, WIRED, 11 Jan. 2024 -
The top of the fuselage burned out and the plane tipped over on its side during the fire.
— New York Times, 20 Apr. 2020 -
While the plane spiraled to the ground, its fuselage tore apart in midair, videos of the crash showed.
— Sammy Westfall, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023 -
There, stenciled on the left side of the fuselage, was the answer.
— David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2020 -
The fuselage and wings of the Bora will be built in Georgia.
— Paul Iddon, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022 -
Lightning cracked the sky and the blue light of St. Elmo’s fire danced around the fuselage.
— Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2021 -
Upon liftoff, a key sensor on the left side of the fuselage failed.
— Dominic Gates, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Jan. 2023 -
That’s because the old plane’s fuselage will be used as a stage and dance floor.
— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 23 July 2021 -
The tail of a small plane could be seen behind a blue tarp used to cover the fuselage.
— al, 3 Jan. 2021 -
Next, the middle section of the fuselage was lowered and attached to the wings.
— Niraj Chokshi Lindsey Wasson, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2023 -
The engines are mounted on the rear of the fuselage, on either side.
— Martin Weil, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024 -
The batteries will be 50% of the takeoff weight and make up the fuselage of the plane near where the wings attach.
— Alex Stone, ABC News, 25 Nov. 2021 -
The plane’s fuselage was 225 feet long and the tail stood as tall as a six-story building.
— Gene Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Jan. 2023 -
The air stairs, which unfold from the right side of the fuselage, are the only way in and out of the vehicle.
— Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 18 June 2021 -
On the big ships, the next important step is removal of the fuselage.
— Hall Hibbard, Popular Mechanics, 10 Sep. 2020 -
The fuselage and wings were in a vacant lot on Edgemoor Lane.
— Washington Post, 5 June 2021 -
Bits of a fuselage and part of a tail with some lettering on it.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2021 -
When the plane touched down at the end of its flight, the wheels of one fuselage hit the ground while the other side of the aircraft remained in the air.
— Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 May 2021 -
But it was found next to part of the main fuselage, with what appeared to be all the cable rolled up on a spool.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2021 -
From there, the air pours downwards -- not lengthways through the fuselage.
— Robert Higgs, cleveland, 21 Aug. 2020 -
On the tarmac at the Nashua Airport sat a dinky white plane with wings mounted over the fuselage.
— Kurt G. Schmidt, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2022 -
In a small clearing along the Bear Lake segment is the fuselage of a red and white Cherokee plane.
— Chelsey Lewis, Journal Sentinel, 23 June 2022 -
The diameter of the 3M fuselage was just north of 11 feet.
— Anatoly Zak, Popular Mechanics, 25 Feb. 2020 -
That’s why the plane’s fuselage has its blimpy shape, and why the wings are located towards the back.
— Rob Verger, Popular Science, 28 Sep. 2020 -
About six minutes later, the chunk of fuselage blew out.
— David Koenig, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2024 -
People that were still in the fuselage were trapped by seats and debris and metal and stuff.
— Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2023 -
Someone sprints to the drone, whose white fuselage stands out against the iron-rich red soil, and covers it with a dark net.
— WIRED, 29 Sep. 2023 -
The plane, now propped up on jacks, creaks in the wind and strips of insulation flutter from holes in the fuselage.
— Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2023 -
As the name implies, the airframe is a series of cross-sectional hoops linked by stringers that run the fuselage’s length.
— Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 21 Oct. 2024 -
The flat fuselage can contribute much more lift than the traditional tube shape of most planes, reducing the amount of dedicated wing surface the jet needs to climb and stay in the air.
— New Atlas, 12 Sep. 2024
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