Meaning of swingtail | Babel Free

Definitions

A hinged tail section on an airplane that can open up, providing access to the interior of the fuselage.

Examples

“During the flight to California to deliver⟳ the first swingtail to Flying Tiger Lines, Coe cruised at 12,000 to 16,000 feet, indicating 278 knots for a true airspeed of 398 mph.”

“As Wheatcroft has pointed out the development of new all-cargo freighters is essential for economic progress⟳, so with the introduction of the swingtail Canadair CL 44 D4 freighter and another all-cargo service by Pan American Airways shipments by air should improve⟳.”

“Their first flight took the company's CL‐44 swingtail freighter to Hong Kong in September 1970.”

“Two other interesting configurations also considered were a removable tail and a vertical swingtail.”

“It then made a study⟳ which eventually convinced the Board⟳ that a temporary solution was to lease Canadair CL—44s, a swingtail version of the Britannia freighter which Sir Miles Thomas had tried to order⟳ in 1952.”

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