Swept wing
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A swept wing is a wing angled either backward or occasionally forward from its root rather than perpendicular to the fuselage.
The Sukhoi Su-47 being followed by two Su-27s. The Su-47 uses a forward wing sweep, while the Su-27s sport a more conventional backward-swept design.
A straight-winged North American FJ-1 flying next to a swept-wing FJ-2 in 1952.
LET L-13 two-seat glider showing forward swept wing
Grumman X-29 experimental aircraft, an extreme example of a forward swept wing
HFB 320 Hansa Jet
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The HFB 320 Hansa Jet is a twin-engine, ten-seat business jet that was designed and produced by German aircraft manufacturer Hamburger Flugzeugbau between 1964 and 1973. The most recognisable and unconventional feature of the aircraft is its forward-swept wing.
The selected General Electric CJ610 turbojet is derived from the military J85, pictured
The prototype HFB 320 Hansa Jet displayed at the May 1964 Hanover Air Show
German Air Force HFB 320 ECM with nose radome and additional aerials