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Aircraft Wing Design
Straight Wing
Piper J-3 Cub
Cessna 180
1903 Wright Flyer
Tapered Wing
P-51 Mustang
Messerschmitt BF 109
Sweptback Wing
MiG-15
F-86 Sabre
Delta Wing
Concorde
SR 71 Blackbird
Discovery
Other Wing Designs
Spitfire
F-14 Tomcat
Vocabulary
Aircraft Wing Design
Straight Wing
Piper J-3 Cub
Cessna 180
1903 Wright Flyer
Tapered Wing
P-51 Mustang
Messerschmitt BF 109
Sweptback Wing
MiG-15
F-86 Sabre
Delta Wing
Concorde
SR 71 Blackbird
Discovery
Other Wing Designs
Spitfire
F-14 Tomcat
Vocabulary
More
Aircraft Wing Design
Straight Wing
Piper J-3 Cub
Cessna 180
1903 Wright Flyer
Tapered Wing
P-51 Mustang
Messerschmitt BF 109
Sweptback Wing
MiG-15
F-86 Sabre
Delta Wing
Concorde
SR 71 Blackbird
Discovery
Other Wing Designs
Spitfire
F-14 Tomcat
Vocabulary
Straight Wing
A straight wing is set perpendicular to the fuselage of the aircraft. The wing has a consistent width.
Notable straight winged planes in the National Air and Space Museum's collection:
Piper J-3 Cub
CESSNA 180
1903 Wright Flyer
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