Joint for an aircraft assembly

A joint part for joining with another joint part to form a joint of an aircraft, the joint part comprising:

• a housing;
• and
• a floating socket in an interior of the housing;
• wherein the floating socket defines a sleeve with a spigot-receiving bore extending through the sleeve;
• wherein the joint part is arranged to be brought together with another joint part having a spigot such that the spigot is inserted in the;
• spigot-receiving bore to align the spigot with the sleeve;
• and arranged to receive a curable medium in the housing to contact between the housing and the floating socket.

A method of forming a joint for an aircraft assembly, the method comprising:

• aligning a first joint part comprising a spigot with a second joint part comprising a housing and a floating socket in an interior of the housing, wherein the floating socket defines a sleeve with a spigot-receiving bore extending through the sleeve;
• inserting the spigot into the floating socket as the second joint part is arranged to be brought together with the first joint;
• and
• curing a curable medium in the interior of the housing to contact between the housing and the floating socket.