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• Gull-wing door
  ...named because, when opened, the doors evoke the image of a [[seagull]]'s [[wing]]s. The most well-known examples of road-cars with gull-wing doors are the [[Mercedes-Benz 300SL]] from the 1950s, the [[Bricklin SV-1]]
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• Villa Jovis
  ...ministrative use. The east wing was meant for receptions, whereas the west wing featured an open-walled hall (''ambulatio'') which offered a scenic view to
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• Downforce
  ...plane to rise off the ground by creating [[Lift (force)|lift]] under its [[wing|wings]] is used in reverse to apply force that presses the race car against ...ody tunnels). The underside of the body is similar in shape to an inverted wing and creates an area of low pressure between the car and the track, pressing
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• Piaggio Aero
  * [[Piaggio P.2]] (single-engine low-wing monoplane single-seat [[fighter aircraft|fighter]]) * [[Piaggio P.7]] (high-wing monoplane for the 1929 [[Schneider Trophy]]; unflown)
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• Savoia-Marchetti S.55
  ...rew captained the plane from a [[cockpit]] in the thicker section of the [[wing]] between the two hulls. As well, the S.55 had two inline counter-rotating * '''Wing area:''' 93.0 m² (1,001 ft²)
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• Bugatti Model 100
  ...box wing spar carries completely through the fuselage forming a one-piece wing. The wood framed, fabric covered ailerons are push rod operated with one se ...e angles. Constructed using the same “sandwich” method as the fuselage and wing, Bugatti’s design for the V-tail control system was awarded a French pate
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• Savoia-Marchetti SM.79
  |Wing Area||60.9 m²||656 ft² |Wing loading||165 kg/m²||33.8 lb/ft²
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• Gull-wing door
  ...named because, when opened, the doors evoke the image of a [[seagull]]'s [[wing]]s. The most well-known examples of road-cars with gull-wing doors are the [[Mercedes-Benz 300SL]] from the 1950s, the [[Bricklin SV-1]]
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• Flat-4
  ...]] introduced water cooled flat-4 on the [[Honda Gold Wing|Honda 1000 Gold Wing]].
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• Scissor doors
  *[[Gull-wing door]]
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• Savoia-Marchetti SM.81
  |Wing area||93 m²||1001 ft² |Wing loading||lb/ft²||kg/m²
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• Butterfly doors
  *[[Gull-wing door]]
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• Piaggio P.180 Avanti
  ...the [[horizontal stabilizer]] creates a downward force, requiring the main wing to produce more lift to balance this force, and thus increasing [[induced d ...an the cockpit, and the entire cabin sits ahead of the main wing spar. The wing and canard airfoils are custom sections designed by Dr. Jerry Gregorek of O
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• Wire wheels
  ..."knockoff" (central wing nut) hubs, that could be unscrewed by striking a wing of the nut with a mallet [http://www.welshent.com/category.aspx?SID=1&Categ
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• Cagiva K
  ...as the Super City, but without stiffening truss, the wheels are a ray, the wing is always of the type below, the lighthouse is also double-round, just like
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• Drag
  ...ion]] and [[interference drag]]. Lift-induced drag is only relevant when [[wing]]s or a [[lifting body]] are present, and is therefore usually discussed on
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• Partenavia
  ...span 12.00m (39ft 5in), length 9.35m (30ft 8in), height 3.40m (11ft 2in). Wing area 18.6m2 (200.0sq ft). P.68TC - Same except for length 9.55m (31ft 4in). ...but without the added weight and complexity of retractable gear. The high wing design also incorporated a large degree of glass fibre reinforced plastic c
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• Flat-12
  ...at engine concept had the advantage of a low [[center of gravity]]. When [[wing-cars]] requiring air-flow venturies came along in the late 1970s, the wide
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• Sprint car
  ...sorb the impact of the flip. In some cases, teams are able to replace the wing during the ensuing red flag and be able to race once the race resumed. ...ille, IA features exhibits to highlight the history of both winged and non-wing sprint cars.
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• Emilia-Romagna
  ...6|April 2006 elections]], Emilia-Romagna gave 60% of its votes to the left-wing [[Olive Tree]] coalition of [[Romano Prodi]]. ...a co-op. Bologna alone hosts 8,000, including the one-million member left-wing Legacoop and the 250,000-strong Catholic Confcooperative. The nature of the
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• Flat-6
  ==Honda Gold Wing and Valkyrie motorcycles== ...lasted for 13 years before being replaced by the even-larger [[Honda Gold Wing#GL1800|GL1800]] in 2001.
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