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foreplane — The horizontal airfoil mounted on the nose or the forward fuselage to improve performance at takeoff and slow speeds. A foreplane can be fixed or retractable. Also called a canard … Aviation dictionary
foreplane — /ˈfɔpleɪn/ (say fawplayn) noun Aeronautics a small airfoil ahead of the main wing of an aircraft …
Tailless aircraft — A tailless aircraft (often tail less) traditionally has all its horizontal control surfaces on its main wing surface. It has no horizontal stabilizer either tailplane or canard foreplane (nor does it have a second wing in tandem arrangement). A… … Wikipedia
XF10F Jaguar — Infobox Aircraft name= XF10F Jaguar type= Fighter aircraft manufacturer=Grumman caption= designer= first flight= 1952 05 19 introduced= retired= status= Cancelled in April 1953 primary user= more users= produced= number built= 1 unit cost=… … Wikipedia
Aircraft flight mechanics — In aeronautics, aircraft flight mechanics is the study of the forces that act on an aircraft in flight, and the way the aircraft responds to those forces. [Clancy, L.J. Aerodynamics . Section 14.1] Aircraft flight mechanics are relevant to… … Wikipedia
Curtiss Model D — A Headed Curtiss Model D (Curtiss photo 1916) Pusher later Headless models incorporated elevators around the rudder in the tail (like most aircraft since) … Wikipedia
Delta wing — HAL Tejas has a tailless delta wing configuration … Wikipedia
John William Dunne — in his D.5 biplane at Eastchurch, 14 June 1910 Born 1875 Curragh Camp, County Kildare, Ireland Died … Wikipedia
Guardian Heroes — Infobox VG| title = Guardian Heroes caption = developer = Treasure Co. Ltd publisher = Sega designer = Tetsuhiko Kikuchi engine = released = flagicon|United States January 25, 1996 flagicon|Japan January 26, 1996 genre =Beat em up / RPG modes =… … Wikipedia
Breguet Aerhydroplane — Infobox Aircraft name=Aerhydroplane caption= Low quality contemporary left hand side view. The aircraft s four bladed propeller is to the left, its tailfin to the right. type= Experimental flying boat manufacturer= Breguet designer= Louis Breguet … Wikipedia
