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Goosewinged sailing. Wing and wing, [1] Wing on wing, [2] Goosewinging [3] or Goosewinged, [4] is a term used to define, in a fore-and-aft-rigged sailboat, the way to navigate sailing directly downwind, with the mainsail and the foresail extended outwards on opposite sides of the boat, forming a 180º angle, to maximize the projected area of sail exposed to the wind.
A sailing craft is said to be sailing close-hauled when its sails are trimmed in tightly and are acting substantially like a wing, relying on lift to propel the craft forward on a course as close to the wind as the sail can provide lift. This point of sail lets the sailing craft travel upwind, diagonally to the wind direction. [4]
Wing On Department Stores (Hong Kong) Limited (Chinese: 永安百貨有限公司), often shortened to Wing On or Wing On Department Stores, is a department store company in Hong Kong, a subsidiary of Wing On Company International Limited. The head office is in Wing On Centre (永安中心) in Sheung Wan. [1]
A ratio of 30:1 means that in smooth air a glider can travel forward 30 meters while losing only 1 meter of altitude. Comparing some typical gliders that might be found in the fleet of a gliding club – the Grunau Baby from the 1930s had a glide ratio of just 17:1, the glass-fiber Libelle of the 1960s increased that to 36:1, and modern flapped ...
A rigid wing sail was used by Stars and Stripes, the defender which won the 1988 America's Cup, and by USA-17, the challenger which won the 2010 America's Cup. [35] USA 17' s performance during the 2010 America's Cup races demonstrated a velocity made good upwind of over twice the wind speed and downwind of over 2.5 times the wind speed and the ...
The role reunites him with his former West Wing costar, Allison Janney, who played Press Secretary C.J. Cregg. Whitford, 65 is slated to play a character named Todd Penn in the upcoming season.
A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings stacked one above the other. The first powered, controlled aeroplane to fly, the Wright Flyer, used a biplane wing arrangement, as did many aircraft in the early years of aviation. While a biplane wing structure has a structural advantage over a monoplane, it produces more drag than a ...
United Airlines has announced the return of the Stroopwafel cookie, which is being offered in Economy on flights traveling over 300 miles. Social media users react.