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    A delta wing is a wing shaped in the form of a triangle. It is named for its similarity in shape to the Greek uppercase letter delta (Δ). Although long...
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  • This is a list of aircraft with delta wings. rcgroups.net Soviet aircraft unknown, Encyclopedia of safety, survincity.com Gunston, W. and Swanborough...
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    The DeltaWing is a racing car designed by British race car designer and engineer Ben Bowlby and debuted at the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans. The entry was...
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    recreational activity in which a pilot flies a light, non-motorised, fixed-wing heavier-than-air aircraft called a hang glider. Most modern hang gliders...
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  • Arkansas Delta Delta, Alabama Delta Junction, Alaska Delta, Colorado Delta, Illinois Delta, Iowa Delta, Kentucky Delta, Louisiana Delta, Missouri Delta, North...
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    glider. He developed and conceptualized delta wing designs which functioned practically in supersonic delta wing fighter aircraft as well as in hang gliders...
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    1963 Lippisch developed the X-112, a revolutionary design with reversed delta wing and T-tail. This design proved to be stable and efficient in ground effect...
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    Museum': Delta Wing Phoenix VI "Delta Wing Phoenix VI.B Jr". Archived from the original on August 19, 2007. Retrieved August 17, 2007., Delta Wing Phoenix...
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    Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21. Cropped delta: wing tips are cut off. This helps avoid tip drag at high angles of attack. The Fairey Delta 1 also had a tail. At the...
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    Series, the F-102 was the first operational supersonic interceptor and delta-wing fighter operated by the United States Air Force (USAF). The F-102 was...
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    The Convair F-106 Delta Dart is an all-weather interceptor aircraft designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Convair. The F-106 was...
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    transonic and supersonic speeds. Features included a delta wing and a drooped nose. On 6 October 1954, the Delta 2 made its maiden flight, flown by Fairey test...
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    Alexander Lippisch's Delta IV was a continuation of his work on delta wing designs pioneered in his Delta I, Delta II and Delta III aircraft. The project...
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    and the other back. The delta wing is also aerodynamically a form of swept wing. There are three main reasons for sweeping a wing: 1. to arrange the center...
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    Junkers Ju 49 – High-altitude test aircraft Lippisch Delta IV – Delta wing Lippisch DM-1 1944 – Delta wing glider Lippisch Ente – Rocket-powered canard technology...
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    concept jet airliner with a delta wing–canard configuration. It was distinguished from conventional airliners by its delta wing and high-subsonic/transonic...
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    [citation needed] JD-1 Dyke Delta - a small version, with 1+2 seating and fixed landing gear, used to generate and verify delta-wing and tailless-configuration...
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    Sukhoi Su-15 (category Delta-wing aircraft)
    ("Flagon-A") had pure delta wings like its predecessors, but these were replaced from the 11th production series onward by a new double-delta wing of increased...
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    speed. The delta wing itself limits maneuverability and suffers from buffeting at low altitude due to the large wing area and resulting low wing loading...
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    Concorde (category Tailless delta-wing aircraft)
    fuselage permitting 4-abreast seating for 92 to 128 passengers, an ogival delta wing and a droop nose for landing visibility. It is powered by four Rolls-Royce/Snecma...
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    Convair XF-92 (category Tailless delta-wing aircraft)
    The Convair XF-92 (re-designated from XP-92 in 1948) is an American, delta wing, first-generation jet prototype. Originally conceived as a point-defence...
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  • Clouds, Faber and Faber, p. 18, ISBN 978-0-571-24794-3 "Mr Roland Falk - Delta wing aircraft test pilot". Obituaries. The Times. No. 62076. London. 2 March...
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    Museum': Delta Wing Phoenix VI "Delta Wing Phoenix VI.B Jr. (ca. 1976)". Archived from the original on August 19, 2007. Retrieved August 17, 2007., "Delta Wing...
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    of a delta wing, such as those used on the Aerospatiale-BAC Concorde generates a vortex which energises the flow on the upper surface of the wing at high...
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    ground below. This feature is used with a very-low aspect ratio wing such as a delta wing. It is installed in aircraft capable of supersonic speeds but...
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    order, the 60-degree delta wing; the ogive delta wing with its sharply-swept leading edge at the root; the moderately-swept wing with a leading-edge extension...
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    Chengdu J-20 (category Delta-wing aircraft)
    intakes, followed by leading edge extensions (LERX) merging into the delta wing with forward-swept trailing edges. The aft section has twin outward canted...
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    Lockheed Martin X-44 MANTA (category Tailless delta-wing aircraft)
    aircraft design was derived from the F-22 Raptor and featured a stretched delta wing without tail surfaces. NASA and the U.S. Air Force had begun preliminary...
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    swept wing is a straight wing swept backward or forwards. The delta wing is a triangular shape that serves various purposes. As a flexible Rogallo wing, it...
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  • The Lippisch Delta VI was a proposed single-seat, twin-jet experimental delta flying wing aircraft begun in 1943 by German designer Alexander Lippisch...
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