drooping leading edge
1drooping leading edge — A wing leading edge hinged and rotated downward to a negative angle relative to the wing for providing high lift at low speeds during takeoff and landing …
2Leading edge cuff — Leading edge cuffs are a fixed aerodynamic device employed on fixed wing aircraft to modify the airfoil used. They may be either factory installed or, more commonly, an after market modification.In most cases a leading edge cuff will “droop” the… …
3drooping ailerons — Ailerons that droop by about 15° when the flaps are lowered. This increases lift while preserving lateral control. Drooped leading edge …
4Atlas Cheetah — Cheetah Role Fighter Jet Manufacturer Atlas Aviation Introduction …
5de Havilland Mosquito — DH.98 Mosquito The Mosquito B Mk XVI ML963 of 571 Squadron this aircraft was lost on an operation to Berlin in April 1945 …
6North American XB-70 Valkyrie — XB 70 Valkyrie X …
7Wright brothers — Orville Wright Photo: 1903 Born August 19 …
8Waverider — A waverider is a hypersonic aircraft design that improves its supersonic lift to drag ratio by producing a lifting surface built out of the shock waves being generated by its own flight, a technique known as compression lift. To date the only… …
9Miles Merchantman — Merchantman Role Airliner and freighter National origin United Kingdom Manufacturer Miles Aircraft Ltd First flight August 1947 Retired 1948 Number built 1 …
10XB-70 Valkyrie — Infobox Aircraft name=XB 70 Valkyrie type=Strategic bomber Supersonic research aircraft manufacturer=North American Aviation caption= designer= first flight=21 September 1964 introduced= retired= number built=2 XB 70s status=Retired from testing… …
