swept wing

Speech parts

1. swept wing - Noun

2. swept wing - Adjective

Meaning

swept wing (plural swept wings)

(aviation) A wing that is angled backwards (or, occasionally, forwards) from its point of attachment to the fuselage, so that the wingtip is located further aft or forward than the wing root.

swept wing (not comparable)

Alternative form of sweptwing

swept-wing (not comparable)

Alternative form of sweptwing

Alternative names

swept-wing

Examples

All of the pilots had to do their two-seat training on straight wing planes, and weren’t prepared for the new handling of the Tunnan’s early swept-wing design. Source: Internet

Meanwhile, the U.S. Air Force rushed to Korea a few dozen of its only advanced swept-wing fighter—the F-86 Sabre. Source: Internet

The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star (soon re-designated F-80) was less elegant than the swept-wing Me 262, but had a cruise speed (convert) as high as the maximum speed attainable by many piston-engined fighters. Source: Internet

The 747 was found to be largely immune to " Dutch roll ", a phenomenon that had been a major hazard to the early swept-wing jets. Source: Internet

There is no denying that the swept-wing – which could attain speeds just shy of 700 mph – was an ideal aircraft when it entered service in 1950. Source: Internet

SABRE JET North American Aviation produced America’s first swept-wing jet. Source: Internet

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