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Wing or wings? Trivia

Wing or wings? Trivia

Wing or wings? Trivia

(OP)
Another engineer was speaking of a wing when talking about the wings on an airplane.  His thought was that some aircraft have a single wing structure instead of wings attached to a fuselage.  He mentioned the 747.  Surely not.  What if any airplanes have a singular wing structure with the fuselage attached.

John

RE: Wing or wings? Trivia

Many aircraft have a single wing structure. Harrier/AV8. De Havilland Mosquito. Mustang (I think) To name a few I am sure there are many more. What about
micro-lights/ultralights.

RE: Wing or wings? Trivia

Look at all the new business jets (Premier I for example) that have the wing assembled as a single structure, and then the fuselage is "set" on top of the wing and attached.

I have always considered a conventional airplane as having a single wing. A biplane (Pitts Special) has two wings.



Regards,
Grant
Aerospace Engineer

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