1/31/2012 Depleted Uranium and the Boeing 747 Airplane Program

Source: Enformable
Date: 1/31/2012
by: Lucas Whitefield Hixson

Neither the Federal Aviation Administration nor the major aircraft manufacturers publish information about which planes and helicopters contain DU components. As one industry insider told the Journal, “No one brags about DU.”

However many wide-body aircraft such as the Boeing 747, Lockheed L-1011,  McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and Lockheed military C-130 all require the use of counter-balance weights for proper flight control.
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