Talk:Swept wing
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It says at the bottom that von Karman discovered the importance of the swept wing; I believe it was Adolf Busemann who first proposed wing sweep with an aim to reducing wave drag.
[edit] Models work
In model airplanes, the forward sweep design is awesome. It adds stability and control, and has a very low stall speet. It is also very durable when crashed :-P Basically take the shape of a delta plane, and add on forward swept wings to the existing ones, put the engine in back, but in front of the control surfaces, and you have yourself one awesome flight.
