parasol wing — An airplane with a single main wing mounted on struts above the fuselage. The struts between the wing and the fuselage are called cabane struts … Aviation dictionary
Wing configuration — For aircraft configurations in general, including fuselage, tail and powerplant configuration, see Aircraft. For rotary winged aircraft types, see Rotorcraft. For direct lift and compound or hybrid types, see Powered lift. Fixed wing aircraft,… … Wikipedia
Parasol (disambiguation) — A Parasol is a type of umbrella made for protection from the sun.Parasol can also refer to:* Parasol Records, a record label * PARASOL (satellite), a French built Earth observing research satellite * Parasol Henbē, an anime series * Parasol wing … Wikipedia
Wing root — The wing root is that part of the wing, on a fixed wing aircraft, that is closest to the fuselage.Peppler, I.L.: From The Ground Up , page 9. Aviation Publishers Co. Limited, Ottawa Ontario, Twenty Seventh Revised Edition, 1996. ISBN 09690054 9… … Wikipedia
wing — /wing/, n. 1. either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight. 2. either of two corresponding parts in flightless birds, which may be rudimentary, as in certain ratite birds … Universalium
Westland Widgeon (fixed wing) — For the 1950s helicopter , see Westland Widgeon (helicopter) The Westland Widgeon was a British light aircraft of the 1920s. A single engined parasol monoplane, the Widgeon was built in small numbers before Westland abandoned production in… … Wikipedia
Bowlus SP-1 Paper Wing — SP 1 Paper Wing Anne Morrow Lindbergh flying the Bowlus SP 1 Paper Wing on launch Role … Wikipedia
Heath Parasol — Infobox Aircraft name = Heath Parasol type = amateur built airplane manufacturer = Heath caption = This Parasol, photographed in 1935, was built by Methodist missionary Harold Shepherdson on Elcho Island in the remote Arnham Land region of… … Wikipedia
Monoplane — For Félix du Temple s invention, see Monoplane (1874) Monoplane The low wing of a Curtiss P 40 … Wikipedia
Bristol Bullfinch — infobox Aircraft name = Bullfinch type = Fighter/Reconnaissance manufacturer = Bristol Aeroplane Company caption = designer = Frank Barnwell first flight = 6 November 1922 introduced = introduction= retired = status = Prototype only primary user … Wikipedia