longeron in a sentence

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1. The Taupin had rectangular plan wings, the forward one providing 65 % of the wing area, both mounted on the central fuselage longeron.
2. To withstand strong forces during a dive, heavy plating was fitted, along with brackets riveted to the frame and longeron, to the fuselage.
3. G II Rs were powered by several different engines, some radial engines and some bungee shock absorber from the stub axle to the upper longeron.
4. The outer engines were also fuselage mounted, each having pairs of struts to the upper fuselage longeron and to the lower ones via the wing roots.
5. The open cockpit was formed by a break in the upper skinning, though the fifth, upper, longeron continued over the pilot's head.
6. This featured a wheel on each side mounted on a half axle attached to the lower fuselage longeron and a vertical shock absorbing leg to the wing.
7. Its lower part was rectangular in section and the upper part roughly triangular, with a central longeron along its top to which the wings were joined.
8. Behind it, the fuselage maintained this upper structure on two longerons, with very narrow, concave sides down to a third, lower, longeron.
9. An investigation later showed that the most likely cause of the accident was a failure in the upper fuselage longeron, probably a result of fatigue or corrosion.
10. Each unit had an axle, articulated at the lower longeron, and a pair of oleo legs fixed to the stub wing where the lift struts joined.