Double-locked Latch Pins Secure Boeing 777X Folding Wingtip
Credit: Guy Norris/AW&ST
Tucked away in a discrete corner of Boeing’s sprawling Everett site, the company is rig-testing a proof-of-concept demonstration version of what will be the world’s first certified folding wingtip for a commercial airliner. Each measuring almost 12 ft. in length, the folding tips will extend the...
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