Airbus reported today that it had successfully performed the ultimate load test of the A350 XWB's wing in December 2013, applying loads up to 1.5 times higher than those the aircraft would ever ...

Gulfstream Aerospace has completed ultimate load testing for the new Gulfstream G500 to validate the business jet’s structural integrity. Ultimate load represents 150% of the limit load and is ...

Boeing has completed the ultimate load wing-bend test on the 787 static test airframe (ZY997) at its plant in Everett, Washington. The airframer says that it applied loads to replicate 150% of the ...

Simply sign up to the European companies myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Airbus has completed the testing “to destruction“ of the wings of its A380 superjumbo in static trials in ...

Airbus has carried out ultimate load testing of the A350 wing, successfully taking it beyond stresses 1.5 times those it would ever expect to encounter. The manufacturer says the test, performed on ...