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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
Tapered Wing
A tapered wing is set perpendicular to the fuselage of the aircraft. The wing narrows towards the tip of the wing.
Notable tapered winged planes in the National Air and Space Museum's collection:
P-51 Mustang
Messerschmitt BF 109
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