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Most jet fighters of the period (and to this day) used a swept-wing or delta-wing planform.
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As a swept-wing aircraft slows toward the stall speed of the wing, the angle of the leading edge forces some of the airflow sidewise, toward the wing tip.
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They are therefore now installed in virtually all swept-wing aircraft.
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The boosters were equipped with four large swept-wing fins at the extreme rear, behind the rocket exhaust, using a diamond cross-section suitable for supersonic lift.
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Before the pitch-up phenomenon was well understood, it plagued all early swept-wing aircraft.
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They obstruct span-wise airflow along the wing, and are widely used specifically in early swept-wing designs.
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Its straight wings allowed it to engage targets 100 miles per hour slower than swept-wing fighters.
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This facility is mainly used to study laminar-turbulent boundary layer transition by means of flat-plate and swept-wing experiments.
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Despite stiff opposition, after good test results were obtained in wind tunnel tests, the swept-wing concept was eventually adopted.
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The long, slender wings are much straighter than current airliners that still use the swept-wing design left over from those original jet airliners.
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