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Wingtip meaning
The extreme tip of the wing of an aircraft, bird, flying insect, etc. | A part of a shoe, often with brogueing that extends backwards on both sides from the toe. | A part of a shoe, often with brogueing that extends backwards on both sides from the toe.
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NASA and Boeing are currently developing a blended wing body design in which the entire airframe, from wingtip to wingtip, contributes lift.
Sirius served as the body of a "Great Bird" constellation called Manu, with Canopus as the southern wingtip and Procyon the northern wingtip, which divided the Polynesian night sky into two hemispheres.
The largest specimen of Pteranodon longiceps from the Niobrara Formation measured convert from wingtip to wingtip.
And the shoes are a light to medium brown wingtip, with contrasting color welt, and soft red rubber soles.
However, the standout feature was the fit, with the earbuds featuring a wingtip design that ensured the earbuds stayed secure throughout the day without becoming uncomfortable.
Plane is hard down until the wingtip is repaired and an A&P signs off on the repair.
The steady red light is on the left wingtip, and the green is on the right.
It has hands - wingtip devices that are used to aim it.
Adding power First flight of the Wright Flyer I, December 17, 1903, Orville piloting, Wilbur running at wingtip.
A model Cessna with helium-filled bubbles showing pathlines of the wingtip vortices A wind tunnel is a tool used in aerodynamic research to study the effects of air moving past solid objects.
A new wingtip was flown to Lisbon to complete repairs.
A Spitfire using its wingtip to "topple" a V-1 flying bomb In daylight, V-1 chases were chaotic and often unsuccessful until a special defence zone was declared between London and the coast, in which only the fastest fighters were permitted.
As the vortex sheet is convected downstream from the trailing edge, it rolls up at its outer edges, eventually forming distinct wingtip vortices.
By contrast, the visible cores of wingtip vortices are usually seen only at low altitude where the aircraft is travelling slowly after takeoff or before landing, and where the ambient humidity is higher.
Compared to the F-18L, the outboard weapons pylons are moved closer to the wingtip missile rails.
Engineering and technology First flight of the Wright Flyer I, December 17, 1903, Orville piloting, Wilbur running at wingtip.
F4U-4E and F4U-4N: Developed late in WWII, these night fighters featured radar radomes projecting from the starboard wingtip.
However, the F-16N has a strengthened wing and is capable of carrying an Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation (ACMI) pod on the starboard wingtip.
In British service, the aircraft type was modified with "clipped" wings (convert was cut off each wingtip) for use on British aircraft carriers, under the designation Corsair Mk II.
It has wingtip extensions of convert and winglets of convert, which improve the type's fuel efficiency by four percent compared to previous 747 versions.