The fuselage is the main body of an airplane, where passengers, cargo, and controls are located. The wings and tail are attached to the fuselage.
“Fuselage” comes from French “fuselage,” from “fusel,” meaning “spindle-shaped,” because early aircraft bodies looked long and narrow like a spindle. It entered English with the rise of aviation in the early 20th century.
If you imagine an airplane as a bird, the fuselage is the torso that holds everything important together. Engineers design its shape to quietly balance comfort, strength, and air resistance at hundreds of miles per hour.
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