Aeroplane wings

[pjm007]

Are Aeroplane wings connected to each other in the centre of the plane or separately attached to the fuselage ?

Thanks in advance.

[Mortartube]

I believe that most modern planes have separate wings, owing to advanced engineering techniques, although older planes such as the Lancaster and Halifax bombers had wings that went straight through. I stand to be corrected on this, as I am not an aviation expert.

[Clanad]

Mortartube (unique name) isn't far off. In the early days of airplane building, a single piece of (usually) Spruce was used as the main spar and carried thorugh the fuselage for the primary support structure for both wings.
Later, it became more efficient (and easier to repair) wings that are attached to a structure within the fuselage. In WWII (actually in the 1930's) Douglas manufactured the venerable C-47/DC-3 (I think you Brits called it the Dakota was bolted on each side through flanges that ran around the top and bottom of the wings, as seen
here ... (sorry for the long URL.)
The First American jet transport (Boeing 707) was designed so the wing would flex through an arc of about 5 feet in flight. The Boeing 747 wing flexed nearly 20 feet seen in this photo: http://www.airplane-pictures.net/image5856.htm l . This could only be achieved by the attachment of the wings to the center section. Thanks for the question!

[eram]

How sad to see a classic plane like a Dakota in such a condition! My Unique name comes from the fact that I used to be involved in the firework industry.

[sddsddean]

My Dad was in the RAF in Egypt immediately after WW2 and at his airfield they had all sorts of aircraft, allied and axis, passing through. One day a Dakota came in and damaged its wing on landing. There were no spare parts available, and none coming in the foreseeable future, so they went to a wrecked DC2 at the other end of the airfield and nicked the wing off of that. Result...the worlds only DC 2 1/2!!