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  2. Folding wing - Wikipedia

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    A folding wing is a wing configuration design feature of aircraft to save space and is typical of carrier-based aircraft that operate from the limited deck space of aircraft carriers. The folding allows the aircraft to occupy less space in a confined hangar because the folded wing normally rises over the fuselage decreasing the floor area of ...

  3. W.A.R. F4U Corsair - Wikipedia

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    The aircraft is a single place, single engine gull-wing design with retractable conventional landing gear. The F4U was the second completed aircraft in the W.A.R. series, with the first example displayed at the EAA airshow in 1975. The aircraft featured folding wings. [3]

  4. Carrier-based aircraft - Wikipedia

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    A carrier-based aircraft (also known as carrier-capable aircraft, carrier-borne aircraft, or carrier aircraft) is a naval aircraft designed for operations from aircraft carriers. Carrier-based aircraft must be able to launch in a short distance and be sturdy enough to withstand the abrupt forces of launching from and recovering on a pitching deck.

  5. Stits SA-11A Playmate - Wikipedia

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    SA-11A with folded wings. The SA-11A is a single engine, side-by-side configuration seating, tricycle gear, strut-braced, low wing monoplane. The fuselage is welded steel tubing with aircraft fabric covering. [2] The wings have a quick release mechanism that allows them to fold and lock alongside the fuselage in 15–30 seconds.

  6. Terrafugia's Flying Car: Fly In, Fold Up, and Drive Home

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    Terrafugia, a four-year-old Massachusetts company, plans to unveil the design of a production model of its. It's a cute, sporty aircraft that folds its wings for tooling around on land, and it's ...

  7. Stits SA-5 Flut-R-Bug - Wikipedia

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    The SA-5 is a mid-wing, tricycle landing gear design with folding wings. The aircraft was intended to be towed by a vehicle by the (lowered) tail on its main gear with wings folded along its sides. The cockpit can be open, or covered with a bubble canopy. The fuselage is constructed from welded steel tubing with aircraft fabric covering.

  8. de Havilland Sea Venom - Wikipedia

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    The Sea Venom was the navalised version of the Venom NF.2 two-seat night fighter, and was used as an all-weather interceptor by the Fleet Air Arm (FAA). The necessary modifications for use on the Royal Navy's aircraft carriers included folding wings, a tailhook (which retracted into a characteristic "lip" over the jetpipe) and strengthened, long-stroke undercarriage.

  9. Carlson Sparrow - Wikipedia

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    Two seat side-by-side seating, high wing, US homebuilt development of the single seat Sparrow UL, with tricycle gear and an optional folding wing for transport or storage, powered by a 64 hp (48 kW) Rotax 582. Empty weight of 510 lb (231 kg) and gross weight 1,050 lb (476 kg). 60 were reported flying in 2004. Production completed.