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The Arrow Wing: Its potentialities and drawbacks with regard to in‐flight aerodynamic research

J.E. Chacksfield , CEng , MRAeS (Senior Engineer, BAC (Military Aircraft Division))

Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology

ISSN: 0002-2667

Article publication date: 1 August 1977

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Abstract

Whilst all published information on the arrow wing concept for future Supersonic Transport designs has, in general, placed considerable importance on the benefits of this particular layout, we should now be investigating ways and means in which the theorising and experimenting may be supplanted by active in‐flight research.

Citation

Chacksfield, J.E., CEng and MRAeS (1977), "The Arrow Wing: Its potentialities and drawbacks with regard to in‐flight aerodynamic research", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 49 No. 8, pp. 4-8. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb035400

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MCB UP Ltd

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