Photographs of various delta wing craft; British aircraft designers favor low wing loadings; low wing loading means large wing area, which means high drag; only way to reduce wing drag is to make thinner wing; sweepback is one way to do job; delta wing can be made structurally thick, and therefore still aerodynamically thin; delta can be thought of as sweptwing plan with trailing edge portion filled in.
Why British push Delta wing design
Aviation Week
Aviation Week ; 57 , n 12
1952
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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