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1897 F. W. Lanchester Aerodonetics (1908) 353 The reaction of the air on the upper and under wing surfaces.

1908 H. G. Wells War in Air x. 317 It had taken only an hour or so to substitute wing stays from the second flying-machine and to replace the nuts he had himself removed.

1910 R. Ferris How it Flies xx. 474 Wing Plan, the outline of the wing or main plane surface as viewed from above.

1910 R. Ferris How it Flies xx. 474 Wing skid, a small skid, or runner, placed under the tip of the wings of an aeroplane.

1912 Q. Rev. July 231 If the 1000 lb. aeroplane is to travel slower, it must have a larger wing-spread.

1918 Pagé & Montariol Gloss. Aviation Terms 33/1 Wing span.

1920 Flight 12 864/1 The Loughead S1 model, as it is called, is a single-seater biplane with a wing span of 28ft.

1975 Farnborough 76 (Soc. Brit. Aerospace Companies) 30/2 The world's smallest jet aircraft, the Bede BD-5J..with a wing span of only 17ft.

1978 R. Jansson News Caper 9 There was the fighter again, flying parallel half a winglength away.

1978 Sci. Amer. Nov. 135/1 In 1899 the Wrights built a biplane kite with a five-foot wingspread that embodied their wing-twisting roll control.