nacelle

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Boeing said in December that “inspections are ongoing” to check for any damage to the nacelles on MAXs in service.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 25, 2024

While the turbines will be supplied by General Electric, the cabinlike structures called nacelles, which house the gearing and electronics, will be made in France.

From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2023

It will also invest close to $60 million over the next five years to modernize its Saint-Nazaire factory, where the nacelles for the Haliade-X will be built.

From Reuters • Mar. 1, 2018

One from the noise, one from the canopy or windshield, one from the wing, the engine nacelles, almost anything that sticks off the airplane creates a shockwave.

From Time • May 12, 2016

Its normal use was the lifting of plane motors in and out of their nacelles.

From Space Platform by Leinster, Murray