nacelle

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Vestas currently operates two factories in Poland, an onshore blade plant that it recently acquired, and an offshore nacelle assembly facility.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

Christopher Lorence, chief engineer at GE Aerospace said doing away with the heavy nacelle pod and the internal thrust reverser saves about a ton of weight on each engine.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 19, 2023

The nacelle capacity is expected to reach 100 per year, enough for 50 planes, the reports said, though no target date was stated.

From Reuters • Sep. 27, 2021

Technicians would install a nacelle near the top, where the monument tapers to a pyramidal point.

From Washington Post • Mar. 31, 2015

Rrisa viewed them with scorn, as he went down in the nacelle with a dozen of the crew.

From The Flying Legion by England, George Allan