From his youth, Jack Northrop imagined efficient all-wing aircraft so advanced that technology and power plants needed to ...

The inverted gull wing of the Vought F4U enabled the gear struts to be short and sturdy, but caused the aircraft to roll unpredictably during a stall. The inverted gull arrangement was a favorite ...

The fuselage slid down Runway 23, rolling to the right until it became inverted ... the plane’s right wing, as well as the right MLG broke off from the aircraft and slid approximately ...