Swingtail
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Swingtail is a noun meaning A hinged tail section on an airplane that can open up, providing access to the interior of the fuselage.
Meaning
A hinged tail section on an airplane that can open up, providing access to the interior of the fuselage.
Example Sentences
Their first flight took the company's CL‐44 swingtail freighter to Hong Kong in September 1970.
Two other interesting configurations also considered were a removable tail and a vertical swingtail.
During the flight to California to deliver the first swingtail to Flying Tiger Lines, Coe cruised at 12,000 to 16,000 feet, indicating 278 knots for a true airspeed of 398 mph.
It then made a study which eventually convinced the Board that a temporary solution was to lease Canadair CL—44s, a swingtail version of the Britannia freighter which Sir Miles Thomas had tried to order in 1952.
Word Forms
- swingtails
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include batwing, swingboat, wingsail, flexwing, tailwheel, swingle.
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