Presented is a general account of aircraft wings from the envisioned, retractable folding wings for hypersonic aircraft to the flopping-wing aircraft resembling birds in flight. Evolution to wings from triplanes to the swept-back types of today is pointed out, as well as developments in various types of foreign VTO aircraft. Mention is also made of foreign experiments in pulling wings and jet wings. The pulling wing consists of small jet ...
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