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    space of aircraft carriers. The folding allows the aircraft to occupy less space in a confined hangar because the folded wing normally rises over the fuselage...
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    leading and trailing edges to increase wing area. Folding wing: part of the wing extends for takeoff and landing, and folds away for high-speed flight. The outer...
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    Grumman F4F Wildcat (category Mid-wing aircraft)
    G-36Bs were fitted with non-folding wings and were given the designation Martlet III. These were followed by 30 folding wing aircraft (F4F-3As) which were...
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    Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye (category High-wing aircraft)
    adoption of a modern version of the Grumman Sto-Wing folding wing system, preventing the folded wing panels from making contact with the E-2's rotodome...
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    Boeing 777X (section Wing)
    And Wing Fold Controls Unveiled". Aviation Week Network (aviationweek.com). Retrieved August 21, 2021. "Liebherr division to build 777X folding wing-tip...
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    box, automatic headlights with dusk sensor, front fog lights, power-folding wing mirrors, cruise control, front and rear curtain airbags. In the UK market...
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    longitudinal folding of the wing membrane and sometimes also transverse folding. Folding may sometimes occur along the flexion lines. Though fold lines may...
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    Index of aviation articles Adaptive compliant wing Variable-incidence wing Variable camber wing Folding wing According to aviation publication Flight International...
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    Grumman E-1 Tracer (category High-wing aircraft)
    Grumman-patented "Sto-Wing" folding wing system, pioneered on their earlier Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat piston-engined fighter of the early-WWII period, to fold its wings...
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    October 2016. The folding takes 20 seconds to complete.[citation needed] Wingtip device "Comparison Of Square, Round, And Hoerner Wing Tips". Sport Aviation...
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