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This means that, if a jet is flying near Mach 1, the tops of the wings will reach Mach 1 before the craft does overall. As the air flows down the back of the wings, it starts to slow down.

Airmen began to yearn for wings that would be long, thick and straight for takeoffs, yet short, thin and swept-back for highspeed flight. False Start.

In the 1970s, DARPA, the US Air Force, and NASA decided to take another look at the concept thanks to the development of new carbon composites that promised to make forward-swept wings more rigid ...

The expandable wing has been tested only on the old brown-and-yellow four-jet 707 that Boeing uses as a guinea pig for new devices, but it has worked so well that Boeing engineers are making ...

Engineers toyed with designs throughout the years, finding that many planes function just as well with swept-back wings, such as the F-86 Sabre, which ruled the skies during the Korean War.

F-14s had variable swept wings that adjusted to changes in speed. This feature, however, was not without its risks. In one potentially catastrophic event, F-14 pilot Mark Vizcarra found himself in a ...