Accident investigators are scrutinizing an unsecured cockpit door as a causal factor in the fatal crash of an RV-10 into a ...

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“Something very different about this aircraft is that it had an inverted gull wing, which made space for the very large ...

featured innovative design elements such as gull-shaped wings and the absence of a tail section. -Although it flew only a few dozen times, the Bird of Prey influenced future aircraft designs and ...

These days, even hobbyist multi-rotor aircraft are capable of carrying ... The DeLorean’s iconic gull-wing doors have also been recreated, although in this case they’re motorized.

Witness told investigators that as the Van’s kitplane cleared the end of the runway, he saw an arm reach up and pull down the open left-side, gull-wing door.

“The plane had what they call a gull wing,” resembling that of a seabird, he explained. “It was so graceful looking, and the engine sounded so powerful. This is where I got my desire for flying.