NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Aircraft part

Parts manufactured to be used on aircrafts. Many companies around the world specialize in making aircraft parts. Because of strict regulations on aircraft maintenance in most countries, aircraft parts must often be certified by regulatory agencies, and for this reason are often considerably more expensive than comparable uncertified parts.

See also: aircraft manufacturers

Categories: Aviation

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Nondestructive Testing Keeps Bagram Aircraft Flying (862 words)
	One of those teams is the nondestructive inspection or team, part of the 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron.
	Nondestructive inspection, or NDI, is a program the Air Force uses to ensure the durability of structural parts and components of aircraft without destroying the part and, in some cases, without removing the part from the aircraft.
	If the part to be tested cannot be removed from the aircraft, it is done on the aircraft.

Parts of Airplane (688 words)
	The hinged part of the vertical stabilizer is called the rudder; it is used to deflect the tail to the left and right as viewed from the front of the fuselage.
	The hinged part of the horizontal stabilizer is called the elevator; it is used to deflect the tail up and down.
	The outboard hinged part of the wing is called the aileron; it is used to roll the wings from side to side.

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