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Washout (aeronautics) (659 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

lowest at the wing tip. This is usually to ensure that at stall speed the wing root stalls before the wing tips, providing the aircraft with continued aileron

Angle of incidence (aerodynamics) (451 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

right shows a side view of an airplane. The extended chord line of the wing root (red line) makes an angle with the longitudinal axis (roll axis) of the

Junkers G.38 (1,377 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

mechanics were able to service the engines in flight due to the G.38's thick wing root, which provided access to all four power plants. During the 1920s, Hugo

Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-1 (789 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

GSh-30-1 in starboard wing root (150 rds. ammunition load) Su-57: 1 GSh-30-1 in right LEVCON root MiG-29: 1 GSh-30-1 in port wing root (150 rds. ammunition

Vortex lift (881 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

sweptback, sharp, leading edges (beyond 50 degrees of sweep) or highly-swept wing-root extensions added to a wing of moderate sweep. It is sometimes known as

Neptis rivularis (192 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

or more smaller white spots can also be found between the band and the wing root. The outermost wing edge is narrow and white in colour. The underside

Focke-Wulf Fw 190 (11,465 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Bf 109's narrow-track, outwards-retracting landing gear hinged on its wing root structure to help lower weight, but this led to inherent weakness and

Republic XF-103 (2,125 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

used a prominent, swept-forward lip, a configuration also used for the wing-root inlets on the F-105 Thunderchief. The J67 was installed just behind the

Republic F-84F Thunderstreak (5,396 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

operational until 12 May 1954. The second YF-84F prototype was completed with wing-root air intakes. These were not adopted for the fighter due to loss of thrust

Qantas Flight 30 (2,439 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

oxygen tank that ruptured the fuselage just forward of the starboard wing root. 53-year-old Captain John Bartels (who had flown for Qantas for 25 years

Cessna 182 Skylane (3,184 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

182C 1960 model year with a redesigned swept vertical tail and smaller wing root fillets. The cabin was also redesigned with more headroom, molded plastic

Polikarpov TIS (1,167 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and a 20 mm (0.79 in) ShVAK cannon with 350 rounds were mounted in each wing root. Underneath the wings were two racks each capable of carrying a single

Akaflieg München Mü31 (355 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

is being designed to minimize interference drag between fuselage and wing root, with several variations being studied to select the ideal configuration:

Forward-swept wing (1,812 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

angle of attack at the tips. This ensures that the stall occurs at the wing root, making it more predictable and allowing the ailerons to retain full control

Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 421 (1,471 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

4 mm) deep at the point of detachment. Similar cracks were found on the wing root fittings of another Martin 2-0-2 aircraft that flew the same flight path

RRG Fafnir (799 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and strongly cambered, additionally providing lift at low speeds. The wing root was faired into the upper fuselage. The wing was straight tapered in plan

Garuda Indonesia Flight 865 (577 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

broke in two places, at about the wing root trailing edge, and at approximately 10.4 metres (34 ft) aft of the wing root trailing edge. The resultant fire

Nieuport Madon (517 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

additional constant chord lifting area between the wheels. A section of wing root at the trailing edge, and later the gap between the spars were cut away

Auster A.2/45 (499 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

24 imp gal (29 US gal; 110 L) in a port wing root fuel tank, with provision for an identical tank in the starboard wing root for ferry flights. Powerplant: 1

Morane-Saulnier M.S.325 (656 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

two-spar wings braced by exterior struts. The wings had two jettisonable wing root fuel tanks with a pair of 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Châtellerault machine guns

Bell P-76 (630 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

with a symmetrical airfoil; the section chosen was NACA 0018 at the wing-root tapering to an NACA 23009 at the tip. (While the new wing was sometimes

Patagium (818 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

flight performance benefits: Advanced aerodynamic smoothing, sophisticated wing root control, and wing force generation". Proceedings of the National Academy

Miles M.35 Libellula (1,034 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

ratio: Front wing 8 Rear wing 5 Airfoil: Front wing root – NACA 23018 Front wing tip – NACA 23012 Rear wing root – NACA 23018 Rear wing tip – NACA 23015 Empty

Rare Bear (1,192 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

races, the wing root mounted oil coolers were replaced with a boil-off oil cooling system. As a result, the outer halves of both wing root inlets were

Jagdstaffel 65 (217 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Albatros Werke (O.A.W.)". Note the inscription on the fuselage next to the wing root: "1st Pursuit Group, 95th Aero Squadron, Capt. J. Mitchell commanding

Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus (448 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

most tandem two-seat gliders, its wing is slightly swept forward so the wing root can be slightly aft to allow the rear pilot an improved view. Although

Schneider Grunau 8 (626 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

tapered to rounded wing tips, the aft spar running straight from the wing root to tip and mounting slightly tapered ailerons. The fuselage of the Grunau

Wing configuration (5,550 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

usage. See also Cranked arrow planform.) Gull wing: sharp dihedral on the wing root section, little or none on the main section, as on the PZL P.11 fighter

Lockheed Big Dipper (568 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

testing was returned to Burbank for modifications, intended to correct a wing-root stall issue that had been identified. It was decided not to complete the

Chine (aeronautics) (761 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

chine. A chine can in aerodynamic terms act as a long extension of the wing root along the fuselage. Such chines first appeared on the Lockheed A-12 precursor

Berliner-Joyce XF2J (438 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

315 km/h) Armament Guns: two .30 caliber machine guns mounted in the upper wing root area Related development Berliner-Joyce P-16 Berliner-Joyce XFJ "Berliner

Bristol M.1 (3,189 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

struts, along with a large clear-view cut-out panel in the starboard wing root to provide for an improved view during landing, and being armed with a

Daher Kodiak (1,968 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

$2.15 million. The airframe has improved cargo door step mechanism and wing-root sealing, new crew-door stays, optional single-point refueling, and new

Farman F.1020 (450 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of the wing, carrying conventional ailerons. The maximum chord, at the wing root, was 5 m, compared with a span of 7.2 m; the aspect ratio was 2.1. The

Parasitic drag (1,053 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

airflow streams. For example, where the wing and fuselage meet at the wing root, two airstreams merge into one. This mixing can cause eddy currents, turbulence

Carden–Baynes Auxiliary (1,299 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

from the wing root outwards. At the centre it had a flat undersurface, making the wing thick and easy to strengthen as well as reducing wing root interference

Bell XP-83 (936 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The two General Electric J33-GE-5 turbojet engines were located in each wing root which left the large and bulky fuselage free for fuel tanks and armament

Boeing 720 (4,024 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the wing was changed between the fuselage and inner engines by adding a wing root glove. This glove reduced the drag of the wing by decambering the root

Douglas TBD Devastator (3,636 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

bombs (one under each wing root and one inside the fuselage), or twelve 100 lb (45 kg) fragmentation bombs (six under each wing root), could be carried.

Potez 38 (581 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

undercarriage, fitted with brakes. Its main wheels were on legs mounted near the wing root just behind the leading edge, containing rubber shock absorbers and spread

Junkers T 29 (609 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

main legs fitted with noticeable shock absorbers mounted to the forward wing root and braced forwards to points under the engine. The wheels were linked

Cessna CR-3 (390 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

elevators experienced significant vibration in test flights without the wing root fairings installed. The CR-3 lasted 61 days, winning every event it competed

Caudron C.140 (636 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

on a single axle, sprung to two sets of steel V-struts from the lower wing root. For gunnery training the pilot had a camera-gun and the observer a pair

Fokker D.XII (684 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

V-form interplane strut on each side; another strut leant out from each wing root to the upper rear spar, assisted ahead of it on each side by a short V-form

Hanriot H.38 (553 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

mountings on the upper wing and another between the engines and the lower wing root. The H.38 was powered by two 130 kW (180 hp) Hispano-Suiza 8Ab water-cooled

Slingsby Falcon III (299 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

increase the field of vision the centre section had celluloid panels and the wing root fairing strips were made from a clear plastic, both of these vision aids

Spin (aerodynamics) (5,061 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

have a wing with greater angle of attack at the wing root than at the wing tip, so that the wing root stalls first, reducing the severity of the wing

Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu (3,034 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and rear positions, one 7.92 mm (0.312 in) MG 17 machine gun in each wing root, plus four 50 kg (110 lb) bombs. It could carry an Rb 20/30 or an Rb 50/30

Ginn-Lesniak Kestrel (430 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

placed in tandem, are forward of the wing root under a canopy. A skid from nose to a monowheel below the wing root leading edge forms the undercarriage

Zygaena exulans (370 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

four distinct red dots and a red basal elongated stain. The spot on the wing root is wedge-shaped, the others are oval or round. The hindwings are red with

Ilyushin Il-1 (640 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

increased by moving the oil cooler and radiator inside the shell, cooled by wing-root ducts that exhausted through an armored slot on the underside. The landing

Stagnation point (436 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Photo showing stagnation point and attached vortex at an un-faired wing-root to fuselage junction on a Schempp-Hirth Janus C glider

Rutan Solitaire (640 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

pan, canopy pre-mounted in its frame, turtledeck, fuselage bulkheads, wing root fairings, wheel fairings, wingtips and the foam cores used in the wings

Douglas A2D Skyshark (1,133 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Skyshark used contra-rotating propellers to harness all the available power. Wing root thickness decreased from 17% to 12%, while both the height of the tail

Allegheny Airlines Flight 853 (872 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

stabilizer. On the Piper, the impact point was just forward of the left wing root. The impact severed the entire tail assembly of the DC-9, which rolled

Caproni Bergamaschi PL.3 (550 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the PL.3 was mostly of metal construction. From propeller to aft of the wing root the fuselage was a tube of constant diameter, set by the wide chord NACA

Farman F.200 (1923) (718 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

worse, the May tests showed it to be totally uncontrollable as the thick wing root, close to the propeller, blanked the tail from the slipstream and prop

Bristol Racer (769 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

point, was built around a pair of circular steel frames to which the wing root stubs were mounted: aft of this structure it was a semi-monocoque built

Freetown International Airport (1,270 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Airbus A330 landed at Lungi Airport after having lost a fairing at the wing root upon departure from Brussels. The aircraft was grounded for 48 hours to

Fokker T.IV (826 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the pilots were provided with an enclosed cockpit in a hump over the wing root, and enclosed nose and dorsal gun turrets were fitted. 12 were built for

Pitch-up (2,329 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

highly swept planforms, the CoP may lie behind the trailing edge of the wing root, requiring the wing to meet the aircraft at a seemingly far-forward location

Parnall Parasol (1,319 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

decided on a parasol wing design, since this would avoid complications like wing root interference, and made the wing mounting structure into a single unit

Vultee XA-41 (773 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

single-engine aircraft. The single-place cockpit, set in line with the wing root, was 15 ft (4.6 m) off the ground when the airplane was parked. As operational

PZL M-3 Pliszka (794 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

changes included metal skinning over all the first 700 mm (28 in) of each wing root and reinforcement of the rear fuselage. Control surfaces were also modified:

Bristol Bullfinch (611 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

with each half tapering from maximum thickness at half span to both the wing root and tips. The wing was wooden on the prototypes, but was planned to be

Caudron C.39 (1,088 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the float, assisted by an inverted V-strut from the inside edge to the wing root. Though in floatplane configuration the C.43 sat level over the water

Biplane (4,105 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

folding up, and run from the underside of the outer wing to the lower wing root. Conversely, landing wires prevent the wings from sagging, and resist

Saab 210 (581 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

double-delta wing extended almost to the front of the 210, with the integral wing root air intakes positioned just behind a small nose. The 210 also featured

Magnicharters (723 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

DEPT" shows the left main gear leg displaced to the rear, with a broken wing root fairing. This points out not to a folded LG, but a structural failure

Short S.6 Sturgeon (882 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

June 1927 in the hands of John Lankester Parker. Some extension of the wing root fillets followed early flights; by January 1928 both aircraft were flying

Hawker Tempest (10,139 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

versus 30 per cent for the Typhoon's wing, reducing the thickness of the wing root by five inches on the new design. The wingspan was originally greater

LET L-23 Super Blaník (682 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

right only (with a very small canopy section opening to the rear at the wing root). The maximum number of occupants is two. If it is to be flown solo, the

Saab Safari (918 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and has dual controls as standard. It has forward-swept wings so the wing root does not obscure the pilots’ view to the side. This design constraint

Latécoère 14 (797 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the following month. Each was a high-wing cantilever monoplane with a wing root thickness/chord ratio of 27%, thinning to 12% outboard. In plan the half-wings

Avro Canada CF-103 (1,472 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

indicated a more streamlined wing/engine section that incorporated a thick wing root blending the engines into the top of the fuselage. Pinion (outboard wing)

Latécoère 4 (912 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

which carried dihedral was fixed to the lower fuselage with a thick wing root, but the upper one was high above the fuselage at its centre, supported

Dihedral (aeronautics) (2,670 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Longitudinal dihedral is the difference between the angle of incidence of the wing root chord and angle of incidence of the horizontal tail root chord. Longitudinal

Potez-CAMS 161 (935 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

flat sided forward of the wing but more rounded aft; there were long wing root fillets. Ten square windows on each side lit the passenger cabin, where

Short Knuckleduster (1,167 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

hull was boxed and braced by diagonal frames to bear the loads from the wing-root attachments. The wing sections inboard of the engines were attached at

Northrop P-61 Black Widow (12,738 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

two vertical stabilizers, and was approximately 3⁄4 the chord of the wing root, including the elevator. The elevator spanned approximately 1⁄3 of the

RRG Urubu Obs (594 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

fuselage. Its cockpit, under a multi-piece canopy was ahead of the forward wing root fairing; the wing was carefully merged into the fuselage, with root extensions

Mikoyan-Gurevich I-7 (1,803 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

horizontal opening in the bottom of the wing. All weapons were mounted in the wing root. There were two 30 mm Nudelman-Rikhter NR-30 cannon with 80 rounds each

Burnelli UB-20 (392 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

smooth sheet planking was 0.5 mm (0.020 in) thick. The tanks were in the wing root. The chassis and engine mounts were made from welded chrome-molybdenum

Short Mussel (1,149 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Parker on 6 April 1926 was disappointing, but the problem was traced to wing-root interference and solved with fabric root fillets. Thereafter it seems

Lockheed YO-3 Quiet Star (1,613 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

are fabric-covered. The engine cover, canopy, engine exhaust shroud, wing-root fairings, and wheel-well fairings were constructed of fiberglass. The

Piper PA-28 Cherokee (6,608 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

edge continues until the tip. Both Cherokee wing variants have an angled wing root; i.e., the wing chord is greater at the root, with the leading edge swept

Bracing (aeronautics) (3,323 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

far out towards the wingtip. This increases the effective depth of the wing root to the height of the fuselage, making it much stiffer for little increase

Koolhoven F.K.57 (876 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

spars which were an integral part of the fuselage structure. Though the wing root was at the bottom of the fuselage, these inner sections had strong dihedral

Parnall Pike (835 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

a single-axle undercarriage, with a pair of oleo legs mounted at the wing root front spar and with rearward bracing. The axle carried arrester hooks

Koolhoven F.K.57 (876 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

spars which were an integral part of the fuselage structure. Though the wing root was at the bottom of the fuselage, these inner sections had strong dihedral

305th Air Mobility Wing (2,808 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

aircraft. It was demonstrated that the B-58 could carry iron bombs on the wing root bomb racks that had earlier been added to accommodate four Mk. 43 nuclear

British Aerospace Jetstream 41 (1,323 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

step in the cabin aisle. This also gave more baggage capacity in larger wing-root fairings. The Allied Signal TPE331-14 engines deliver 1,500 shp (1,120 kW)

Republic F-105 Thunderchief (7,951 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

replacement for the RF-84F Thunderflash, which first used the characteristic wing-root air intakes to make room for cameras in the nose section. The design team

Slingsby Kestrel (500 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Civil Aviation Authority. Over 90 aircraft built. T.59G Kestrel 22 Wing root extensions fitted to increase span to 22 m (72.2 ft), tailplane area enlarged

Heinkel He 100 (5,500 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

guns in wing root (intended) 1 × 7.92 mm (0.312 in) MG 17 firing through propeller hub and 2 × 7.92 mm (0.312 in) MG 17 machine guns in wing root (actual)

Nieuport-Delage NiD 540 (889 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

faired landing leg with a Messier shock absorber was attached to the wing root. The track was 4.0 m (13 ft 1 in). Its tailwheel also had a shock absorber

Ezer Weizman (1,601 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Weizman sits upon the wing root of an Avia S-199, a Czechoslovak-built version of the Bf 109.

Zlin Savage (482 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

spars and wing ribs with aircraft fabric covering. Fuel is stored in two wing root tanks. The control surfaces use aluminum skins. The design is an accepted

De Havilland Dormouse (760 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

a single axle undercarriage, with the main legs attached to the lower wing root and with bracing to the forward fuselage. The pilot's cockpit was under

Scheibe SF-27 (589 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

covered, from nose to wing trailing edge, with a glassfibre shell. The wing root fairing is also glassfibre. Further aft the fuselage is fabric covered

Grumman F11F-1F Super Tiger (1,020 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

needed] reaching Mach 1.44 in one of the flights. After the addition of 60° wing root fillets, a 13.5 in (35 cm) fuselage extension, and an uprated J79 engine

Blackburn Cubaroo (1,102 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

improve the gunner's fields of fire from hatches located near each lower wing root which permitted them to cover the underside of the tail. Bomb aiming was

Mikoyan-Gurevich I-3 (776 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Nudelman-Richter NR-30 cannon, each with 65 rounds – one in the left wing root and two on the right side. The Klimov VK-3 turbojet was never provisioned

Auster Autocar (950 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Autocar looked similar to the Autocrat, but was a new model featuring wing-root fuel tanks and an enlarged cabin. The designation of J/5 for the Autocar

Acleris variegana (481 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

yellowish-white and there is a grayish-brown triangular spot close to the wing root. The distal part of the wing is reddish- or violet-brown, edged by a narrow

Martin-Handasyde No. 3 (299 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

wing-warping and the angle of incidence of the wings varied from 5° at the wing root to zero at the tip. The undercarriage consisted of a pair of wheels on

Piper PA-18 Super Cub (1,879 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

leading edge of the wings, movement of the electrical panel from the right wing root to the dashboard to reduce fire hazard during a crash, and even the addition

Culver Cadet (1,354 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Wing area: 120 sq ft (11 m2) Airfoil: NACA3414 at wing root, NACA 3408 at tip Empty weight: 806 lb (366 kg) Gross weight: 1,305 lb

Cessna 208 Caravan (3,338 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(4.53 m) Wing area: 279 sq ft (25.96 m2) Aspect ratio: 9.702 Airfoil: wing root: NACA 23017.424, wing tip: NACA 23012 Empty weight: 4,730 lb (2,145 kg)

Pan Am Flight 202 (1,326 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the No. 2 engine and its propeller were not found, evidence on the port wing root, the No. 2 engine nacelle, the leading edge of the vertical stabilizer

Rolladen-Schneider LS7 (616 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

before the spar, valve and dumping orifice on the lower wing shell by the wing root. Glass reinforced ballast tank installed in the tail fin for correction

Mikoyan-Gurevich DIS (1,507 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

a failure and the aircraft reverted to the original VYa cannon. Each wing root was to have a synchronized 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Berezin UBS machine gun with

Burnelli UB-14 (686 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

05 m) Wing area: 686 sq ft (63.7 m2) Airfoil: Fuselage: NACA 4323 Outer wing root: NACA 2412 Outer wing tip: NACA 2409 Empty weight: 9,200 lb (4,173 kg)

Sukhoi Su-57 (15,393 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and smaller side bays with bulged triangular-section fairings near the wing root. Internal weapons carriage eliminates drag from external stores and enables

Curtiss-Wright CW-14 Osprey (2,662 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

counteract adverse yaw. A plywood walkway was provided at the wing root on both sides, and the wing root was faired into the fuselage with a metal fillet. The

Eagle Farm Airport (1,755 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Oscar using a single piece wing rather than two wings attached at heavy wing root plates and the fuselages had holes drilled in the ribs to lighten them

HAL HJT 39 (620 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

revealed were a moderately-swept wing, with no wing-body blending or wing root strakes, a prominent vertical fin. The low wing sweep will give a good

Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor (19,509 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

centered on its spine and an auxiliary power unit embedded in the left wing root. The F-22's high cruise speed and operating altitude over prior fighters

Shenyang J-6 (3,385 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The nose of an F-6, showing the 30 mm cannons fitted in the right wing root and the lower body.

HAL AMCA (4,747 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

roughly rectangular shape, running forward from the leading edge of the wing root to a point along the fuselage. The aircraft features a tricycle landing

DG Flugzeugbau LS10 (789 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

importantly - to repair. The production version had a thicker profile at the wing root, especially modified for the turbulent flow in the vicinity of the fuselage

Slingsby T.25 Gull 4 (1,024 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

approximately ⅓-span. A thickened Göttingen 549 section was chosen for the wing root transitioning to Göttingen 549[clarification needed] at the fourth rib

Zero-fuel weight (788 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the bending effect on the wing. Considering the bending moment at the wing root, the capacity for extra weight in the wings is greater than the capacity

SME Aero Tiga (674 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

fuselage. Entry is through a forward sliding canopy that also includes the wing root fairing. Indonesia Indonesian Civil Aviation Institute (id) – 20 in service

De Havilland Puss Moth (1,907 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

corrected by stiffening the front strut with a jury strut to the rear wing root fitting. Most DH.80As were used as private aircraft, though many also

Castel-Mauboussin CM Jalon (475 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

also had a pair of circular windows on each side, looking out under the wing root. The Jalon's tailplane was mounted a little above the fuselage on a shallow

Applebay Zia (437 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

throttle at the same time. Fuel is 4 U.S. gallons (15 L) carried in the left wing root tank. The Zia was placed in series production in the fall of 1983 but

1940 Brocklesby mid-air collision (1,786 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

jammed together, the lower Anson's turret wedged into the other's port wing root, and its fin and rudder balancing the upper Anson's port tailplane. Both

Millennium Master (537 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

low set, trapezoidal wing, though that plan is modified by an extended wing root fairing or glove, plus wing tips of the Küchemann type with curved leading

Glasair GlaStar (659 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

wings. Its 35 ft (10.7 m) span wing employs a NASA GA(W)-2 airfoil at the wing root, with a NASA GA(W)-2 mod at the wing tip. The wings have an area of 128 sq ft

Cone of Silence (film) (1,317 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

podded underwing engines in addition to four Nenes mounted in the standard wing root location. For its starring role as the Phoenix airliner, the Olympus-Ashton

Walter HWK 109-507 (873 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

weighed twice the Hs 293, they used a pair of the engines, one under each wing root. This engine was a development of the HWK 109-500 Starthilfe (rocket-assisted

Van's Aircraft RV-3 (832 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

versions. An RV-3A is an early RV-3 that has undergone rear spar and wing root upgrades as described in Van's publication CN-1. Due to ongoing structural

SNCASE SE-2100 (628 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

forward hinged doors on both sides; to make this possible, a piece of the wing root leading edge was an integral part of each door. A 140 hp (104 kW) Renault

SNCASE Baroudeur (776 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

wing and tail surfaces and powered by a SNECMA Atar 101C turbojet with wing-root intakes. The first of two prototypes flew on the 1 August 1953. Three

Curtiss P-40 Warhawk variants (3,854 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

two-seat trainer. XP-40K, one P-40K-10 with a V-1710-43 used to test wing root radiators. Kittyhawk Mk.III, 351 P-40Ks built for the RAF under Lend-Lease

Caspar C 17 (751 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

steel tubes and plywood-skinned. The most unusual feature was that the wing root mounting allowed spring-restrained variations of the angle of attack.

Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z (1,330 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

during an uncontrolled descent. Debris from the centre fuselage and right wing root showed signs of explosive "splash", and the number 3 fuel tank showed

De Havilland Vampire (9,722 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

underneath the fuselage. In 1949, Boulton Paul Aircraft redesigned the wing-root intakes and internal ducting based on the installation of the Nene in

ACME Anser (624 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Turbomeca based Continental Model 420 turbofan engines were mounted at the wing-root trailing edge adjacent to the fuselage, in easily removable engine change

Vickers Valiant (9,093 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

pounds-force (29 kN) of thrust, installed in pairs in fireproof bays in each wing root. The design of the Valiant gave an overall impression of a clean aircraft

Messerschmitt P.1101 (1,865 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

steerable, rearward-retracting nosewheel and long forward-retracting wing root-mounted main gear. The prototype was fitted with an apparently inoperable

Romano R.16 (872 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the forward wing struts, aided by bracing struts rising inwards to the wing root and short vertical struts to the forward spar. Long nacelles behind the

Lifting body (2,481 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of the Skyhawks miscalculated and collided forcefully with the F-15's wing root. The F-15's pilot was aware that the wing had been seriously damaged,

Weatherly 201 (523 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

hopper, 5 built. Model 201B 201A with a wider canopy, leading fillet at wing root and other minor improvements, 45 built. Model 201C Improved variant, 38

Cirrus SR20 (3,279 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

handling due to increased dihedral, improved aerodynamics including new wing root fairings, LED recognition lights, improved heat and ventilation, dual-redundant

SIPA S.300 (699 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

leading edge but none on the rear. Flaps stretched from the ailerons to the wing root on the trailing edge and there were hydraulically driven air brakes of

Boeing 2707 (4,124 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

individual nacelles instead of paired pods used on the Lancer. The blended wing root spanned almost all of cabin area, and this early version had a much more

Saab 18 (2,717 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

200 ft) Armament Guns: 1x 13.2 mm fixed akan m/39A forwards-firing gun in wing root with 300 rpg 1x 13.2 mm movable akan m/39 defensive gun with 300 rpg B

Hot and high (2,004 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Bolivia. The boosters were located adjacent to the main landing gear at the wing root on each side of the aircraft and only intended to operate as an emergency

Fred J. Christensen (1,239 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Christensen attacked a fifth airplane, observing strikes on its fuselage and wing root, and shot it down before it could land. He then destroyed a sixth Ju 52

Afriqiyah Airways (2,126 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

while an Airbus A320, 5A-ONK, bore severe damage when an RPG hit the wing root, possibly puncturing the centre wing tank in the process. On 20 July 2014

Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3 (4,001 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

starboard cowl mounted Berezin machine gun, taller antenna mast, enlarged wing root intakes, and enlarged oil cooler intake. The 4th Series used a Klimov

Studied Space Shuttle designs (2,293 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and expected to carry payloads of up to 100,000 lb (45,000 kg). A new wing root and carry-through structure were designed to handle the additional weight

Lavochkin La-17 (1,279 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

service in 1960. The La-17M was launched using a RATO booster under each wing root, from a four-wheel towed launcher derived from the carriage of a standard

RWD 13 (1,890 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

weight: 930 kg (2,050 lb) Fuel capacity: 140 L (37 US gal; 31 imp gal) in wing root tanks Powerplant: 1 × PZInż. Major 4-cylinder air-cooled inverted in-line

Vultee A-31 Vengeance (3,741 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

"sweeping" the centre section was a simpler fix than re-designing the wing root. This gives the impression of an inverted gull wing when seen from an

Short Mayo Composite (1,861 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(140 m2) to 1,750 sq ft (163 m2); the engines were mounted further from the wing root to clear Mercury's floats and the rear fuselage was swept up to raise

MiG Alley (4,178 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

pilot for the first time. Captain Lawrence V. Bach's F-86 was hit in the wing root by cannon fire from an unknown MiG pilot and Bach was captured after ejecting

Caproni Ca.313 (2,404 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Armament Guns: 3 × 12.7 mm Scotti–Isotta Fraschini machine guns (1 in wing root, 1 in dorsal turret and 1 in ventral step) Bombs: 4 × 100 kg (220 lb)

Chasle LMC-1 Sprintair (567 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

700 kg (1,543 lb) Fuel capacity: 105 L (23 imp gal; 28 US gal), mounted in wing root tanks Powerplant: 1 × Rolls-Royce Continental O-200-A air-cooled flat

Akaflieg Stuttgart fs33 (949 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

winglets. Operation of the flaperons is controlled by a mixer located at the wing root and the wings' control connections with the fuselage are automatic. The

General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon variants (18,429 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

recognition rates. AFTI Phase II testing (1983–1987): evaluation of the wing-root-mounted FLIR and the AMAS system. Auto GCAS development and testing (1986–1992):

Akaflieg Stuttgart fs33 (949 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

winglets. Operation of the flaperons is controlled by a mixer located at the wing root and the wings' control connections with the fuselage are automatic. The

McDonnell FH Phantom (3,078 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the lightest and simplest configuration. The engines were buried in the wing root to keep intake and exhaust ducts short, offering greater aerodynamic efficiency

Supermarine Sea Otter (2,132 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(4,536 kg) Fuel capacity: 162 imp gal (195 US gal; 740 L) in two upper wing root tanks; 11 imp gal (13 US gal; 50 L) oil 206 imp gal (247 US gal; 940 L)

Components of jet engines (6,819 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

used a prominent, swept-forward lip, a configuration also used for the wing-root inlets. Notable aircraft that used this example was the Republic AP-75

Schneider Grunau 9 (998 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

incorporated an additional vertical member linking the lower cross beam to the wing root, serving as a backrest for the pilot. Others enclosed the pilot within

Lobet Ganagobie (502 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

spar wings have aircraft fabric covering. A fuel tank is mounted in each wing root. The design can accommodate engines with as low an output as 16 hp (12 kW)

Supermarine Spitfire (Griffon-powered variants) (7,350 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

13 gallon integral fuel tanks in the wing leading edges, between the wing-root and the inboard cannon bay. The Hispano Mk.II cannons were now belt fed

Colias ponteni (449 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

spot along the outer portion of the leading edge and the ribs black; the wing root and the outer part of the leading edge yellow-green; outermost part of

Beneš-Mráz Be-56 Beta-Major (411 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

710 kg (1,565 lb) Fuel capacity: 100 L (26 US gal; 22 imp gal) in two wing root tanks Powerplant: 1 × Walter Major 4-cyl. inverted air-cooled in-line

Dassault Mirage 2000 (12,496 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the delta-wing design, and especially the Mirage 2000's blending of the wing root and engine, is that it could accommodate more fuel, as the aircraft's

Blended wing body (2,489 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

reducing skin drag to a minimum. It also creates a thickening of the wing root area, allowing a more efficient structure and reduced weight compared

Yakovlev Yak-9 (4,514 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

pipes. The oil cooler intake was moved from beneath the nose to the port wing root as well as an enlarged radiator bath being moved further aft under the

363rd Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Group (3,196 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

with the F-84F, but differed in having the jet engine fed by a pair of wing root air intakes, the nose being taken up by a bank of cameras. The USAF was

De Havilland Mosquito (20,638 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

and to the leading edge of the tailplane were tested. These slots and wing-root fairings fitted to the forward fuselage and leading edge of the radiator

Blohm & Voss BV 138 Seedrache (2,927 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(110.2 lb) bombs or 2 × 150 kg (330.7 lb) depth charges under starboard wing root, and with the Umbau set, the same payload could be attached to the port

Tupolev Tu-22 (5,359 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

drag, and this design was applied to 105. A key problem was that the wing root was too thick to properly exploit this effect and to further thin it,

Convair B-58 Hustler (7,402 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1963, the B-58 was retrofitted with two tandem stub pylons under each wing root, adjacent to the centerline pod, for B43 or B61 nuclear weapons. This

EFW N-20 (1,088 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

engine, a Rolls-Royce Avon or Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire turbojet in each wing root. The wing was a little thinner and the main landing gear came a little

HAL Tejas (22,285 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

leading–edge vortex controllers (LEVCON) control surfaces that extend from the wing-root leading edge, which could be deflected to a downward angle or an upward

Embraer E-Jet family (7,339 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

array. The aircraft sustained substantial damage to the fuselage, left wing root, and left stabiliser. After 58 minutes, the aircraft landed back safely

Schneider ES-49 (1,222 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Drag forces are taken by diagonal internal struts from the spar to the wing root, with the ply skin locally continuing aft to that strut. The rest of the

Sasin Spraymaster (750 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

wing included endplates instead of the standard wingtips, the removal of wing root leading edge extensions and drooping the trailing edges. These modifications

Supermarine Spitfire (late Merlin-powered variants) (8,548 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

gallon integral fuel tanks added to the wing leading edges between the wing-root and the inboard cannon bay. Although many earlier Spitfires had been modified

Republic F-84 Thunderjet (6,510 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

six 0.50 in M2 Browning machine guns (four in the nose and one in each wing root), and having the provision for wingtip fuel tanks holding 226 US gal (188 imp gal;

Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II (27,104 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

GAU-12/U Equalizer. On the F-35A this is mounted internally near the left wing root with 182 rounds carried;[citation needed] the gun is more effective against

Mikoyan MiG-29 (21,676 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

MiG-29 includes a single GSh-30-1 30 mm (1.18 in) cannon in the port wing root. This originally had a 150-round magazine, which was reduced to 100 rounds

Seaflight Shearwater (627 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

on either side of the hull and retracts upward and backwards into the wing root attachment fairings. A nosewheel retracts forwards. The straight, mid-mounted

Curtiss C-46 Commando (5,578 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

occurred, the gasoline had nowhere to drain, but rather pooled at the wing root. Any spark or fire could set off an explosion. After the war, all C-46

Mikoyan MiG-29K (5,207 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

missiles at closer ranges. MiG-29K has a GSh-30-1 30 mm cannon in the port wing root. It has provisions for laser-guided and electro-optical bombs, as well

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 (6,000 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Armament Guns: 3 × 30 mm Nudelman-Rikhter NR-30 autocannon (75 rounds for wing-root guns, 55 rounds for the fuselage gun) Hardpoints: 4 pylons in total, 2

Armstrong Whitworth Whitley (4,658 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

VIII engines, retractable "dustbin" ventral turret fitted aft of the wing root armed with two .303 in (7.7 mm) machine guns, hydraulically operated bomb

Henschel Hs 129 (3,532 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

fitted in the empty space behind the cockpit, within the rear half of the wing root area. The gun and its recoil mechanism occupied a substantial gun pod

Heathrow Airport (16,447 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

off the right landing gear and pushed the left landing gear through the wing root; the aircraft was subsequently written off. The accident was attributed

Thurston Teal (1,521 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

engine is mounted tractor fashion in a strut-supported pylon above the wing root. The T-tail includes a water rudder and tailwheel that swings up against

NASA X-57 Maxwell (2,569 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

stock P2006T wing, the slender wing's chord is 2.48 ft (0.76 m) at the wing root and 1.74 ft (0.53 m) at the tip. The wing features twelve 1.89 ft (0.58 m)

PZL TS-11 Iskra (2,793 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of sweep along the leading edge, feature air intakes embedded into the wing root. The TS-11's single turbojet engine is accommodated within the main fuselage

American Gyro AG-4 Crusader (444 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

uses trailing edge flaps and 25 gallon fuel tanks are mounted in each wing root. Retractable landing gear were also tested on the model. The prototype

Ameur Altania (755 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

radical variant was the Ameur Altajet, a pure jet version powered by two wing root positioned, 3.43 kN (770 lb st) thrust Williams EJ22 engines. None of

Boeing 767 (13,065 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

tank is what is called cheek tanks; two interconnected halves in each wing root with a dry dock in between. The center tank is also used on the -300ER

Grumman S-2 Tracker (4,955 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Starboard wing root and fold mechanism (note: wing removed)

Sukhoi Su-35 (13,300 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

GSh-30-1 cannon in starboard wing root, Su-35, Paris Air Show 2013

Eurofighter Typhoon (21,462 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

cannon with a new linkless feed system which is located in the starboard wing root, and is capable of firing up to 1700 rounds per minute. There was a proposal

Piper PA-46 (3,340 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

autopilot as a replacement for the Avidyne Entegra system. Piper added wing root filets to increase wing area and 342 lb (155 kg) of fuel capacity, a larger

Airbus A330 (13,406 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

with more engine weight located further outboard on the wing, hence the wing root bending moment with equal TOW is less on the A340-300 than on the A330-300

Kawasaki P-1 (3,960 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

520 m (44,360 ft) Armament Hardpoints: 8, 2x on each wing and 2x on each wing root. Eight internal bomb bay stations with a capacity of 9,000 kg (19,842 lb)

Emsco B-4 (961 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

joined the wheels, enclosed in fairings, to shock absorbers within the wing root aircraft fairings. At the rear the B-4 had a tripod tailskid with a vertical

Ansett New Zealand Flight 703 (2,427 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

John Dixon tried to assist the two wounded passengers trapped near the wing root, as the wreckage caught fire. He received burns to 80% of his body and

Lockheed P-3 Orion (11,386 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Hardpoints: 10 wing stations in total (3x on each wing and 2x on each wing root) and eight internal bomb bay stations with a capacity of 20,000 lb (9

British Airways Flight 38 (6,002 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

stabilizer's leading edge. The left main gear was pushed up through the wing root, as it was designed to do in case of failure due to excessive vertical

Ciani Spillo (1,013 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

aspect ratio of almost 30 and its thinness, only 15% of chord at the wing root. Like most glider wings of the early 1950s, it was an all wood structure

Pterosaur (16,524 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

flight performance benefits: Advanced aerodynamic smoothing, sophisticated wing root control, and wing force generation". Proceedings of the National Academy

De Havilland Hornet (6,149 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

surfaces consisted of hydraulically-operated split flaps extending from the wing root to outboard of the engine nacelles; as on the Mosquito, the rear of the

Fukuda Hikari Research-2 Motor Glider (509 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and large unbalanced rudder. Its faired landing legs were kept short by wing root stubs with anhedral, producing a mild, inverted gull wing. The Research-2

Airbus A340 (11,100 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

more distributed weight and a more outboard engine weight for a lower wing root bending moment at equal TOW, allowing a higher wing limited MTOW for more

Vought F4U Corsair (14,223 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

fuselage to meet at the optimum angle for minimizing drag, without using wing-root fairings. The bent wing was heavier and more difficult to construct, however

Dassault Mercure (2,778 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

relatively thick, possessing a section of 12.5 per cent thickness at the wing root, slimming to 8.5 per cent thickness at the tip of the wing. Aspects of

History of Qantas (9,093 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

convertible passenger/freight aircraft carrying a spare engine under its wing root at Frankfurt Airport in 1972 Qantas' first Boeing 707 was restored in

Douglas A-4 Skyhawk (11,869 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

consisted of two 20 mm (.79 in caliber) Colt Mark 12 cannons, one in each wing root, with 100 rounds per gun (the A-4M Skyhawk II and types based on the A-4M

Bristol S.S.A. (517 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

lower main-planes were attached to a framework, leaving a gap between wing root and fuselage. The undercarriage consists of two wheels mounted on struts

North American A-5 Vigilante (5,276 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

by ESAM. The aircraft suffered minor damage to its fuselage aft of the wing root while being moved from the aircraft carrier Intrepid to a barge while

Heinkel He 111 (12,625 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

were electrical. The He 111 used the inner fuel tanks, closest to the wing root, first. The outer tanks acted as reserve tanks. The pilot was alerted

Kawasaki Ki-61 (5,042 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Height: 3.7 m (12 ft 2 in) Wing area: 20 m2 (220 sq ft) Airfoil: NACA 2R 16 wing root, NACA 24009 tip Empty weight: 2,630 kg (5,798 lb) Gross weight: 3,470 kg

Bell P-39 Airacobra (11,807 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

for the radiator and oil coolers was drawn in through intakes in both wing-root leading edges and was directed via four ducts to the radiator faces. The

Fairey Delta 2 (4,884 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

under the vortex increases lift by an amount known as vortex lift. The wing root chord should be as long as possible, and highly swept where it meets the

Vickers VC10 (7,331 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

more wing area with the leading edge extension reducing aspect ratio and wing root thickness/chord ratios, improving low speed lift and reduced high Mach

McDonnell Douglas MD-80 (11,760 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

design of the baseline aircraft was enlarged by adding sections at the wing root and tip for a 28% larger wing. The aircraft derivative retains the configuration

Ira C. Kepford (2,960 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the American plane, Kepford followed and riddled the enemy's engine and wing root from behind, causing the plane to catch fire. Kepford was forced to peel

Boeing 314 Clipper (9,587 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

estimated by dropping a flare into the water through a small hatch in each wing root. By carefully watching the flare to see if it stayed in line with the

Holland H.1 (849 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

strengthened by diagonal pairs of parallel struts from their tops to the lower wing root. Only the lower wings had dihedral and only they carried the H.1's narrow

Aviatik (Berg) D.I (2,689 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

ran along the sides of the fuselage between the bearer and the lower wing root. Aft of the cockpit, the bulkheads were dispensed with for lighter frames

Wassmer Javelot (1,297 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

dihedral on the outer panels to 5.50°, refined the aerodynamics of the wing root to fuselage junction and covered the whole wing with birch ply to encourage

Cornelius N. Nooy (2,973 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

bomber as he chased it lower and lower. It finally caught fire at the wing root and slammed into the water below. Nooy was credited victories against

De Havilland DH.88 Comet (4,078 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

undercarriage, and to complex curved fairings such as the engine cowlings and wing root fairings. The sheet metal parts used a lightweight magnesium-aluminium

Alexander Kartveli (2,686 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(12.7 mm) Browning M2 machine guns (four in the nose and one in each wing root), and having the provision for wingtip fuel tanks holding 226 US gallons

Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet (10,777 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

design featured a larger wing through the addition of an insert at the wing root, an extended fuselage with extra tank capacity through the addition of

Colin Falkland Gray (4,398 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

another Bf 109, observing its pilot bail out after he scored hits at the wing root of the enemy aircraft. At the time, it was reported that his victim was

Augsburg raid (3,967 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Warrant Officer Beckett's aircraft took cannon strikes to his starboard wing root over the fuel tank, and a great ball of orange flame suddenly flared out

Aircraft of the Battle of Britain (8,164 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

or washout designed into the wing by Reginald Mitchell meant that the wing root would stall before the wingtips, creating the shuddering and clattering

List of aircraft (Bf–Bo) (6,942 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

double diagonal float strut bracing Borel 1912 2-seat floatplane (3) wing root l/e cutouts Borel 1912 2-seat amphibian Borel 1913 1-seat monoplane fully

VMFA-212 (3,264 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(910 kg) bomb on its center rack, two 1,000 lb (450 kg) bombs on the wing root bomb racks and 100 or 260 lb (45 or 118 kg) bombs on its wing racks. It

Handley Page Victor (9,409 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Blackburn Artouste auxiliary power unit (AAPU) installed in the starboard wing root. It provided high-pressure air for starting the engines, and also provided

Franco Lucchini (1,746 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was hit by five bullets, one of them piercing a fuel tank in the left wing root, but he was able to land at El Quteifiya although stunned by fuel vapour

Saab 37 Viggen (10,267 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

this, and to allow the main landing gear to be stowed outside of the wing root, the undercarriage legs shortened during retraction. The vertical stabilizer

TAG Airlines (856 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

cause of the crash was found to be a fatigue crack in a fitting in the wing root resulting in failure of the right wing. Wright agreed to buy TAG for $3mm

Saburō Sakai (4,360 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Sakai fatally damaged Southerland's Wildcat, striking it below the left wing root with his Zero's 20 mm cannon. Southerland parachuted to safety. Sakai

Butler Blackhawk (1,157 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

fuselage, it was supplemented with smaller gravity tanks in each upper wing root. Frise-type ailerons actuated by push-pull tubes were fitted to the lower

Vickers V-1000 (4,095 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

injection, of which the aircraft was to carry 550 gallons within the inner wing root. Additionally, uprated versions of the Conway engine were under development

1973 in aviation (9,282 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Thuot Airport after an explosion in its baggage compartment near the wing root. All 58 people on board die. March 28 – The last U.S. Air Force aircraft

Wedell-Williams Model 22 (1,047 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

aircraft was substantially rebuilt. The fuselage was shortened from the wing root aft, the wings were shortened while the Cirrus engine was retained. A

Schmeidler SN.2 (1,125 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

with a tall, inward leaning shock absorber strut from the axle to the wing root. Later on this was replaced by a vertical shock absorber strut to the

Bede BD-5 (5,948 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

designer who documented a procedure to apply a slight reprofile of the wing root airfoil, which softened the stall response of the aircraft without any

Lioré et Olivier LeO 45 (4,605 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

with 500 rounds Bombs: Up to 1568 kg (3,457 lb) of bombs in fuselage and wing root bomb bays 7 × 200 kg bombs (actual bomb weight: 224 kg (494 lb)) Aircraft

Cecil E. Harris (7,131 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

division in pursuit. Harris put holes in the enemy fighter's starboard wing root firing from long range. The Japanese pilot bailed out, but his plane continued

Cirrus Vision SF50 (6,090 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

planned to have a more pointed nose, larger belly section, redesigned wing-root fairing, reduced tail sweep and a larger or dual ventral fin. The aircraft's

Thomas F. Hamilton (3,271 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

revenue bonus for the airlines. The design reflects this priority, as the wing root was in the middle of the fuselage and hardly any passengers could fit

List of Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 variants (6,026 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

guided bomb. Chaff/flare dispensers are installed on the upper side of the wing root. The old radar warning receiver is replaced by the Indian-developed Tarang

The Hump (17,967 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

particular, a tendency to engine failure and fuel leaks that puddled at the wing root to become an explosion hazard) that led to such unflattering sobriquets

Desmond Norman (2,620 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

than normal diameter with fixed downwardly inclined thrust line. The wing root leading edge could include a locker for luggage, or a compartment for

Auster J family (2,749 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

complement the three-seat J/1 Autocrat, developing the J/5 Autocar featuring wing-root fuel tanks and an enlarged cabin. The prototype Autocar G-AJYK, a model

Post-war aviation (4,179 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

delta wing has a swept leading edge while maintaining a sufficiently deep wing root for structural stiffness, and from the introduction of the French Dassault