Time for New 787 Wing Skins
“A Wing and a Prayer” (AW&ST July 27, p. 22) reminds us that Boeing jumped into unknown territory in opting to produce the 787 with all-composite wings. A proposed U-shaped cutout in the end of revised composite stringers may soon enable workers to fasten the upper flange to the skin with titanium...
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