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To: omega4179

I thought the original idea for forward-swept wings came from the Huns in the early ‘40s.

3 posted on 08/31/2009 5:20:49 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)

To: DuncanWaring

The swept forward wing design, among just about every shape known to modern aeronautics is shown here.

6 posted on 08/31/2009 5:28:13 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Where's this tagline thing everyone keeps talking about?)

To: DuncanWaring; omega4179

The Germans did, during WWII with the Ju 287.

Then the Soviet Union captured the Ju-287 prototypes, along with the FSW configuration design, and subsequently developed the Tsybin LL-3.

Then the United States and the Soviet Union developed their own prototype aircraft with FSW configurations.

Grumman X-29

Sukhoi Su-47 Berkut

12 posted on 08/31/2009 5:37:49 PM PDT by myknowledge (F-22 Raptor: World's Largest Distributor of Sukhoi parts!)

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