Patent ID: 8267353

Claim:
A method of forming a single skin wing cover panel for an aircraft wing, said method comprising the steps of: a) forming first and second single skin cover panel sections each comprising: a single skin panel member having a first edge, an aerofoil surface on one side, and a non aerofoil surface on the other side; and a first flange projecting away from said non aerofoil surface and having a projecting edge in a generally parallel plane relative to said first edge, wherein said first and said projecting edges are disposed in a same plane; b) tapering said first edge of said single skin panel member and said projecting edge of said first flange of at least one of said single skin cover panel sections in a spanwise direction; and, c) fixing said first single skin cover panel section to said second single skin cover panel section by joining said respective first edges of said first and said second single skin panel members and joining said projecting edges of said respective first flanges of said first and said second single skin cover panel sections so as to form a single skin wing cover panel having a single integral stringer having a closed and hollow cross-section tapered in the spanwise direction.