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The gull wing, also known as Polish wing or Puławski wing, is an aircraft wing configuration with a prominent bend in the wing inner section towards the wing root. Its name is derived from the seabirds which it resembles and from the Polish aircraft designer Zygmunt Puławski who started using this design in his planes.
Gull-wing, gull wing or gullwing may refer to: Places. Gull Wing Bridge, a bascule bridge in Lowestoft, England; Gullwing Lake, a freshwater lake near Dryden ...
Aircraft with a gull wing configuration, i.e. with the inboard section at a dihedral (upward) angle relative to the fuselage and the outboard section at an anhedral angle. Seen from the front, the gull wing resembles an elongated 'M'-shape. Note: Aircraft with an inverted gull wing configuration should be placed in the appropriate category.
The Blohm & Voss Ha 139 was a four-engined all-metal inverted gull wing floatplane designed and built by the German aircraft manufacturer Blohm & Voss.At the time of the first aircraft's completion, it was one of the largest float-equipped seaplanes to have been built.
For the P.1, he invented a gull-wing design, giving the pilot an excellent view from his cockpit. The P.1 was flown in 1929 and met with great interest in the world. Its wing design became also known as "Puławski wing" or "Polish wing", and was later copied in some other designs in the world.
The aircraft was marketed in the United States as the Royal Gull by American distributor Kearney and Trecker. During the late 1950s, a land-based utility aircraft , the Piaggio P.166 , was developed from the P.136 and shares many design similarities, despite the deletion of the hull in favour of a conventional fuselage.
The Dornier Do 26 was an all-metal gull-winged flying boat produced before and during World War II by Dornier Flugzeugwerke of Germany.It was operated by a crew of four and was intended, in civilian service, to carry a payload of 500 kg (1,100 lb) or four passengers on the Lisbon to New York route.
It was an aerodynamically clean cantilever monoplane with a low inverted gull wing. The wing was thick with a wide chord at the root, tapering both in plan and in thickness along the span to rounded wing tips. Structurally the Sauro was a mixture of wood and chrome steel frames, covered with plywood and fabric. On the wings the plywood was ...