Variable-sweep aircraft
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Jerarquía
Furnishings and Equipment (Hierarchy Name) > Transportation Vehicles (Hierarchy Name) > vehicles (transportation) > air and space transportation vehicles > aircraft > <aircraft by form> > heavier than air aircraft > fixed-wing aircraft > <fixed-wing aircraft by wing design>
Descripción
Aircraft whose wings are so designed that they can be moved backward or forward in flight to optimize aerodynamic performance at widely differing speeds.
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Otros términos
- luchtvaartuigen met verstelbare vleugels [nl]
- aeronave de geometría variable [es]
- aircraft, swing-wing [en]
- aircraft, variable geometry [en]
- aircraft, variable-sweep [en]
- swing-wing aircraft [en]
- variable geometry aircraft [en]
- luchtvaartuig met verstelbare vleugels [nl]