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• n  the central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo)

• By 1971, only the Imperial LeBaron was left and it shared the monstrous slab-sided "fuselage" styling of corporate siblings like the Chrysler New Yorker and the Dodge Monaco.
• Stearman-3-seat open cockpit biplane; wings unequal; strutted to fuselage; fuselage slim; sharp curves on tail units; radial engine; split axled wheels close to body.
• On the ground, the wings folding against the fuselage like those of a fly (now would be a good time to note that Waterman must have been crazy to get airborne in such a contraption.

News & Articles

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• Sonar Shows Earhart's Wreck
  A sonar anomaly that researchers suspect might possibly be the wreckage of Amelia Earhart's aircraft is a straight, unbroken feature uncannily consistent with the fuselage of a Lockheed Electra, new analysis of the sonar imagery captured off a remote Pacific island has revealed.
  June 17, 2013 - Fox News
• Boeing Defends 777X Aluminum Hull as Plastic A350 Flies
  Improved engines and wings on the 777X will make up for a heavier metal fuselage than the largest A350, Boeing Commercial Airplanes Chief Executive Officer Ray Conner told reporters today in Paris.
  June 16, 2013 - Bloomberg
• How did states create jobs?
  How did states create jobs?A Boeing employee works on an aft fuselage for the 787 Dreamliner at a Boeing plant in North Charleston, S.C. South Carolina gave Boeing $120 million in incentives to help it expand its in-state operations and create 2,000 jobs. (AP)States this year awarded tax breaks to businesses, touted worker-training programs and even poached jobs from each other to boost their ...
  June 14, 2013 - The Troy Record

Quotes

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• Geoff Dixon in FOXNews
  Qantas CEO Geoff Dixon confirmed that the aircraft had "a hole in its fuselage" and that it was being inspected.
• Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Times Online
  Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Prime Minister, said on television: "It is, of course, not yet certain, but the Transport Minister told me that they suspect the plane's tail hit a hilltop and that the aircraft fell on its fuselage with the force of the...
• Abraham Foxman in Ynetnews
  Wataniya Airways is basing their fleet on what is without question the world's leading single aisle aircraft. Not only does it offer the widest fuselage in the market but it offers the most space and passenger comfort. When it comes to operating... John Leahy http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Leahy&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGxqGBUjgMJMDTIrHe73MKC8CUEmQ Al-Bawaba http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.albawaba.com/en/countries/Kuwait/239620&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNH7OCmw2NndhJVKmXhchhPperEsbw Jan 21, 2009 40655 52161 fusillade ADL National Director Abraham H. Foxman said, From Gaza to Ramallah, from Bahrain to Damascus, from Cairo to Riyadh, the press has unleashed a fusillade of virulent anti-Jewish images accusing Senators Barack Obama and John McCain as handmaidens of...