In random reading about matters aeronautical I have twice come across essays in defense of rectangular wings. Not coincidentally, perhaps, both were by men who had taken part in the design of the ...

Most of us can roughly picture what the first real powered aircraft, the Wright Flyer, looked like: two big parallel and rectangular wings, held in a flimsy-looking structure of wire and slats that ...

A wing’s primary function is the generation of aerodynamic lift. Hence it may be considered as the most important component by a design engineer if the aircraft is to perform its most fundamental ...