Summary and Key Points: The F-16 SFW (Forward-Swept Wing ... The Shinden – a tailless aircraft with a backward-facing “pusher” propeller, rear-mounted wings with vertical stabilizers ...

Unlike other Cold War aircraft, built with aggressively swept wings, the A-1 featured perfectly ... Yet, war planners still found a use for the prop-driven A-1, which served frequently, and ...

For example, wings that are swept back and held flush with the fuselage of an aircraft are wonderful for enabling speed: most supersonic aircraft feature a fixed swept wing design. But while speed ...