the pressurize/depressurize cycle also causes hairline cracks in the fuselage

777 fun fact: The fan diameter of a GE90 engine is 128 inches (3.25 meters) meaning the engine casing is roughly wide enough to fit the entire fuselage of a Boeing 737 inside it.

Physically, it makes total sense. The J-35A is a medium-weight fighter with a much smaller frontal profile than heavy platforms like the F-22 or J-20. No canards, clean wing-body blending, and a very slim underbelly compared to the F-35's bulkier single-engine fuselage. Geometry doesn't lie.

Opening the door on a Gulfstream, which is actually a precision engineered airstair built directly into the fuselage.

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I actually meant the scarring and burnt outer layer and the steam coming off of a extremely hot fuselage

It's a modified B747 cargo aircraft used to ferry B787 fuselage sections.

pretty sure that's part of the fuselage right there lol

That's so sad. I saw the clip where they were trying desperately to break into the fuselage. RIP 😢

Post 2/4 The impact shears the entire right wing clean off the F-15 roughly 2 feet from the fuselage root. Massive fuel spray erupts, partially hiding the catastrophic damage from the crew. The Eagle immediately starts rolling violently out of control. In the back seat, navigator Yehoar Gal yells for ejection, but pilot Zivi Nedivi makes a decision that should have been impossible… He chooses to fight for the jet.

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You hit the nail on the head regarding the "crash" trope, but from a deeper scientific angle: the ships portrayed in these movies are completely impossible according to cutting-edge physics. An interstellar civilization wouldn't travel in mechanical nuts-and-bolts vehicles that can physically "crash" like a broken airplane. According to quantum field theory and general relativity, to bend spacetime or utilize warp drives (like Alcubierre metrics), the craft isn't an object cutting through the air. It is a bubble of pure energy, ultra-dense magnetic fields, or exotic matter manipulating gravity around it. They don't need aerodynamics because they don't move through space; they move space around themselves. Therefore, the idea of a metallic hull entering the atmosphere, losing control due to a glitch, and leaving wreckage in the desert is a scientific contradiction. Any critical failure in their energy system wouldn't result in a mechanical impact; it would cause an instantaneous subatomic annihilation or a localized gravitational collapse. There would be no fuselage left behind for a private company to recover.

Since my first post on this, I’ve had to debate the veracity of my story. I stand by it. However, I recognize that I was focused on the windows on the left side of the fuselage. It’s possible that the pilot crabbing, fighting turbulence, wind shear, etc., could have made it seem to me, a passenger, with no visible horizon reference,. as though we were flying level when I saw the office buildings towering outside my window. That said, I wasn’t seeing the taller buildings’ roofs, air conditioning units, etc., so even if it was an illusion that we were flying below the top floors, we must have been close for it to appear that way. Buzz? x.com/justin135563254/status…

fineartamerica.com/featured/… " B-2 Bomber - Midnight Hammer " By Artist Michael Rucker Copyright ©️ Description: On 22 June 2025, the U.S. carried out strikes in Iran. Six B-2As dropped 12 GBU-57 "bunker buster" bombs on Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant and a seventh dropped two more GBU-57s on the Natanz Nuclear Facility. Behold the ominous majesty of the B-2 Spirit Bomber, a spectral titan of stealth warfare, rising through the swirling mists of a blood-red dawn in this electrifying artwork. With its menacing, bat-winged silhouette stretching 172 feet across the heavens, this stealth colossus carries a devastating payload of over 40,000 pounds, unleashing precision-guided fury across continents. Propelled by four roaring General Electric F118-GE-100 engines, it slices through the skies at Mach 0.95, a phantom of destruction cloaked in impenetrable shadow. Its stealth technology is a marvelcrafted with a radar-absorbent material and a unique flying-wing design that scatters radar waves, rendering it nearly invisible to enemy detection systems, with a radar cross-section reduced to that of a small bird. In the historic " Midnight Hammer" assault, this harbinger of doom descended upon Iran, obliterating critical targets with ruthless precision, its unseen presence shattering fortified defenses in a blaze of glory. A dark legend forged in the crucible of war, the B-2s wings bear the weight of history, a relentless force that redefined aerial supremacy under the shroud of night. This masterpiece demands the gaze of collectors and warriors alike, a chilling tribute to power unleashed. The B-2 Spirit was developed to take over the USAF's vital penetration missions, allowing it to travel deep into enemy territory to deploy ordnance, which could include nuclear weapons. The B-2 is a flying wing aircraft, meaning that it has no fuselage or tail. It has significant advantages over previous bombers due to its blend of low-observable technologies with high aerodynamic efficiency and a large payload. Low observability provides greater freedom of action at high altitudes, thus increasing both range and field of view for onboard sensors. The USAF reports its range as approximately 6,000 nautical miles (6,900 mi; 11,000 km). At cruising altitude, the B-2 refuels every six hours, taking on up to 50 short tons (45,000 kg) of fuel at a time. The B-2 has various conventional weapons in its arsenal, including Mark 82 and Mark 84 bombs, CBU-87 Combined Effects Munitions, GATOR mines, and the CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon. In July 2009, Northrop Grumman reported the B-2 was compatible with the equipment necessary to deploy the 30,000 lb (14,000 kg) Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), which is intended to attack reinforced bunkers; up to two MOPs could be equipped in the B-2's bomb bays with one per bay, the B-2 is the only platform compatible with the MOP as of 2012. As of 2011, the AGM-158 JASSM cruise missile is an upcoming standoff munition to be deployed on the B-2 and other platforms. This is to be followed by the Long Range Standoff Weapon, which may give the B-2 standoff nuclear capability for the first time, in a stealth configuration.

Unnamed X-Wing (TROS). Fully blank except band on fuselage

In 1988, Aloha Airlines Flight 243, a Boeing 737, suffered explosive decompression when a large section of its fuselage tore open at 24,000 feet due to metal fatigue and structural aging. The aircraft was left with a gaping hole along the cabin roof, yet the pilots managed to land safely in Maui, saving most of the 89 people on board. The incident became a landmark case in aviation safety, leading to major reforms in aircraft inspection programs and new global standards for monitoring aging airframes and structural fatigue. #aviation #engineering #flightsafety

I was on the flight immediately preceding this one and I threw a fit onboard and on the ground—because the fuselage rivets were loose. The arm of my seat had even broken the rivets connecting it to the fuselage. I told the captain. I told the stewardesses. I was loud about it in public. But they dismissed me and took off and this is what happened next.