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Old 10th April 2005 | 07:09
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AAIGUY
 
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From: Out of the pollution.
US AIRFORCE abandoned the swept wing design as it made to aircraft too heavy in Air to Air in the late 70's. F15 and F16 were the result.

AS much as I don't like Airbus, I think the Concorde worked fine with its wing. Swept wings were a neat idea, but not great in reality.
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