Laughing Gull showing the wing shape emulated in gull wing aircraft. The Laughing Gull, Leucophaeus atricilla, is a medium-sized Gull of North and South America.

The gull wing is an aircraft configuration with a prominent bend in the wing somewhere along the span, generally near the wing root. WING "ESPN 1410" is a commercial AM radio station in Dayton Ohio operating with 5000 watts at 1410 kHz with studios offices and transmitter located on David The wingspan (or just span) of an airplane or a Bird, is the distance from the left wingtip to the right wingtip The wing root is that part of the wing on a fixed-wing aircraft that is closest to the Fuselage. Its name is derived from the seabirds which it resembles. Seabirds are Birds that have adapted to life within the marine environment It has been incorporated in aircraft for many reasons.

DFS Habicht glider showing gull wing profile. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Terminology A "glider" is an unpowered Aircraft. The most common types of glider are today used for sporting purposes

Sailplanes

The gull wing was first seen on glider when the Weltensegler flew in 1921. Terminology A "glider" is an unpowered Aircraft. The most common types of glider are today used for sporting purposes Its wings were externally braced and featured swept-back wingtips. After the aircraft broke up, killing its pilot, the design feature stayed out of popular use. The gull wing made a resurgence in 1930 with Alexander Lippisch's record-breaking Fafnir. Lippisch used the configuration for its increased wingtip clearance and the ill-founded belief it improved stability in turns. The true success of the Fafnir's gull wing laid primarily in its aesthetic value; the gull wing would be a staple of the high-performance sailplanes of the time, until the 1950s.

Notable gull wing sailplanes:

• DFS Habicht
• DFS Reiher
• Schempp-Hirth Minimoa
• DFS Kranich
• Rhoensperper
• Lippisch Fafnir
• Weltensegler

Beriev Be-12 seaplane with gull wing profile

Seaplanes

The gull wing design found its way into seaplanes by the early 1930s. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout A seaplane is a Fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing (alighting on water As engine power increased, so did the need for large propellers that could effectively convert power to thrust. A propeller is essentially a type of fan which transmits power by converting Rotational motion into Thrust for propulsion of a vehicle such as an The gull wing allowed designers to ensure adequate propeller tip clearance over the water by placing the engines on the highest point of the wing. The alternative was placing the engine on a pylon. Possibly the first flying-boat to utilize the gull wing configuration was the Short Knuckleduster, which flew in 1933. A flying boat is a specialised form of Aircraft that is designed to take off from and land on water using its Fuselage as a floating hull. The Short R24/31 (or Short S18 and nicknamed the Knuckleduster) was a British twin-engined high-wing cantilever Gull winged Monoplane This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1933: Events January January 16 - Jean Mermoz and crew make The Dornier Do 26, a high-speed airliner and transport platform, of which 6 aircraft were built, flew in 1938. The Dornier Do 26 was an all-metal Gull winged Flying boat produced before and during World War II by Dornier Flugzeugwerke of Germany An airliner is a large Fixed-wing aircraft with the primary function of transporting paying passengers Transport or transportation is the movement of people and goods from one place to another The configuration was also used on the US Navy's PBM Mariner and P5M Marlin maritime patrol aircraft. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout A Maritime patrol aircraft, also simply patrol aircraft, or by the older term patrol bomber, is a Fixed-wing aircraft designed to operate for long The emergence of long range, land-based jets in the 1950s and the subsequent demise of the seaplane prevented widespread use of the gull wing, although it was still used in some post-war designs, like Beriev Be-12 Chaika (the name means 'the gull' in Russian). WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout On the other hand, large seaplanes, with high fuselages, and jet-powered ones, did not need a gull wing design.

Notable gull wing seaplanes

• Dornier Do 26
• Martin PBM Mariner
• Martin P5M Marlin
• Beriev Be-6
• Beriev Be-12

Landplanes

The gull wing design found its way into landplanes in the late 1920s, with Polish inventor Zygmunt Puławski designing the PZL P.1 in 1928. The Dornier Do 26 was an all-metal Gull winged Flying boat produced before and during World War II by Dornier Flugzeugwerke of Germany WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Zygmunt Puławski ( October 24, 1901 - March 21, 1931) was a Polish aircraft designer and pilot The PZL P1 was a Polish fighter designed by the engineer Zygmunt Puławski, manufactured by the PZL state-owned factory The arrangement he devised is occasionally, known as the "Pulawski Wing" or the "Polish wing". The gull wing was used to improve visibility in a high wing arrangement, because such wing could be thinnest by the fuselage, and in theory, should limit pilot's view no more than A-pillars of a windscreen in a car body. An A-pillar is a name applied by car stylists and enthusiasts to the shaft of material that supports the windshield (windscreen on either of the windshield frame sides It was used in fighter aircraft like PZL P.11 and Polikarpov I-15 and also in some other planes like Westland Lysander. A fighter aircraft is a Military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat with other Aircraft, as opposed to a Bomber, which is designed The PZL P11 was a Polish Fighter aircraft, designed in the early 1930s by PZL in Warsaw. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The inverted gull wing was developed at the same time and for the same reason as seaplanes. More powerful engines generally require larger propellers, but clearance between the propeller tip and ground must be maintained. Long landing gear legs are heavy, bulky, and weaker than their shorter counterparts. The Vought F4U Corsair, designed from the onset as a carrier-based fighter, not only had the largest propeller of any U. Vought is the name of several related Aerospace firms These have included in the past Lewis and Vought Corporation, Chance Vought, Vought Sikorsky WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout S. fighter, but was also expected to face rough landings aboard a pitching carrier deck. The inverted gull wing allowed the landing gear to be short, tough, and to retract straight back, improving internal wing space.

Notable gull wing landplanes

• Vought F4U Corsair
• Junkers Ju-87 Stuka
• Westland Lysander
• PZL P.11
• Polikarpov I-153

References

• Scale Soaring UK Documentation Section