A swept wing is a wing angled either backward or occasionally forward from its root rather than perpendicular to the fuselage. Swept wings have been flown...

A forward-swept wing or reverse-swept wing is an aircraft wing configuration in which the quarter-chord line of the wing has a forward sweep. Typically...

variable-sweep wing, colloquially known as a "swing wing", is an airplane wing, or set of wings, that may be modified during flight, swept back and then...

structurally-efficient wing, it has been common for low-speed designs since the very first days of the Wright Flyer. Swept back (aka "swept wing"): The wing sweeps rearwards...

delta wing and minimal area outboard make it structurally efficient. It can be built stronger, stiffer and at the same time lighter than a swept wing of...

is swept forward while the opposite tip is swept aft. By changing its sweep angle in this way, drag can be reduced at high speed (with the wing swept) without...

Variable-sweep wing or "swing wings" that allow outstretched wings during low-speed flight (e.g., take-off, landing and loitering) and swept back wings for...

Wing fences, also known as boundary layer fences and potential fences are fixed aerodynamic devices attached to aircraft wings. Often seen on swept-wing...

aircraft Nord 1402/1405 Gerfaut – Delta wing research aircraft Nord 1500 Griffon – Ramjet Nord 1601 – Swept wing research aircraft Payen PA-22 – Tandem...

Sukhoi Company. A distinguishing feature of the aircraft was its forward-swept wing which gave the aircraft excellent agility and maneuverability. While serial...

Grumman X-29 is an American experimental aircraft that tested a forward-swept wing, canard control surfaces, and other novel aircraft technologies. Funded...

jet development, up to 2004, into five stages; pioneer (straight wing), swept wing, transonic, the 1960s and 1970s on, culminating in types such as the...

interceptor fighter prototype developed from the I-3, 1957 MiG I-75 - swept-wing interceptor developed from the I-7, 1958; lost to the Sukhoi T-43 MiG...

straight wing Hawker P.1062 swept wing derivative of P1040 Hawker P.1063 Hawker P.1064 swept wing idea with high tailplane Hawker P.1065 swept wing with rocket...

development process was the swept wing, drawing upon captured German research. With its engines carried in nacelles underneath the wing, the B-47 represented...

532 Arado E.555 - proposed long range flying wing bomber work stopped at end of 1944. Arado E.560 Swept wing jet bomber Arado E.560/2 twin-engine high-speed...

or swept, then the chord is simply the width of the wing measured in the direction of airflow.) The term chord is also applied to the width of wing flaps...

high-winged aircraft often are slightly anhedral, and transport-category swept-wing aircraft are equipped with yaw dampers. A similar phenomenon can happen...

official title of fastest propeller-driven aircraft since 1960. Due to its swept wing and powerplant design, the Tu-114 was able to travel at speeds typical...

Sabre is best known as the United States' first swept-wing fighter that could counter the swept-wing Soviet MiG-15 in high-speed dogfights in the skies...

sweep the wing backwards or forwards to reduce drag from supersonic shock waves as they begin to form. The swept wing is just a straight wing swept backwards...

or wash-out, reducing the angle of attack towards the wing tips, together with a swept-back wing planform. The Dunne D.5 incorporated this principle and...

definitive F-84G introduced in 1951. In 1954, the straight-wing Thunderjet was joined by the swept-wing F-84F Thunderstreak fighter and RF-84F Thunderflash photo...

with a swept wing. Grumman's design team decided to adapt its earlier F9F Panther, replacing the straight wing of the Panther with a new swept wing. Thrust...

Focke-Wulf Ta 183 "Huckebein" – a planned swept wing turbojet fighter. Focke-Wulf Ta 283 – a planned swept wing ramjet and rocket-powered fighter. Heinkel...

Number 12, 1945, Chapter 6. Retrieved: 17 July 2011. Baugher, Joe. "Swept-wing L-39". Joe Baugher's Encyclopedia of American Military Aircraft, 18 September...

The Tupolev Tu-98 (NATO reporting name Backfin) was a prototype swept wing jet bomber developed by Tupolev for the Soviet Union. The Tu-98 emerged from...

on October 26, 1958. With versions produced until 1979, the 707 is a swept wing quadjet with podded engines. Its larger fuselage cross-section allowed...

The Sukhoi Su-7 (NATO designation name: Fitter-A) is a swept wing, supersonic fighter aircraft developed by the Soviet Union in 1955. Originally, it was...

which has been largely attributed to its use of a straight wing rather than a swept wing configuration. Nevertheless, several variants were procured;...