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When did airplanes start having the modern fuselage that we see today?
A:
The first airplane, the Wright Flyer from all the way back in 1903, definitely did not look like today's airplanes. It had wings, an elevator and a rudder like we still do, but the rest was different.
It was during the first world war, in 1914, that the modern fuselage started to appear: the monocoque fuselage (one fuselage) with only one pair of wings. But this was still made of wood and fabric! Aluminum started to appear in airplanes as soon as 1918.
Posted on June 30, 2014 at 12:51 am
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