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Old 20th Dec 2008, 17:05
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Dr Jekyll
 
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That first picture has reminded me of a feature of the Lightning that always interested me. The ailerons are on the wingtip rather than the trailing edge. To put it another way, the wings are not conventional swept wings, but deltas with a bit missing.

Do they behave like delta wings or swept wings? And what was the reasoning behind that design?
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