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1The tip of the wing of an aircraft or of a bird or other flying animal.
‘Moving the radiators to wing tip pods created a cooling problem while on the ground because the radiators were out of the prop blast.’
‘Throughout the long night, the Clipper flew onward with wing tip navigation lights flashing red and green to compete with the mass of twinkling stars.’
‘The hydraulically retracted wing tip floats were similar in construction to the hull.’
‘We will also be smoothing the wing surface and adding a new wing tip treatment.’
‘We slipped her out over the grass to avoid landing on the hard surface and made a very smooth landing on one wheel and one wing tip.’
‘It was common practice to find a ladder at the wing tip of the aircraft, as well as a fire bottle and some AGE equipment.’
‘These tail fin tip vortices have been interpreted to be analogous to wing tip vortices of aircraft.’
‘This structural reinforcement of the major veins may have a mechanical role, possibly related to the phenomenon of wing tip deflection during flight at the end of the downstroke.’
‘His NASA team worked to measure gasses in the upper atmosphere by aiming a laser beam out an airplane window to the wing tip.’
‘It wasn't enough to fly under the Red River Bridge in Louisiana wing tip to wing tip, but they did it upside-down.’
‘Needless to say, having the wing tip that low to the ground called for extreme concentration but, on one turn, I looked up and saw the film crew looking down at me.’
‘I recall seeing the aircraft shudder, then pull wing tip streamers as his prop wash shook the tree tops.’
‘The eyewitness states, ‘The craft was very large with white lights along the leading edge; and the distance from wing tip to wing tip was roughly 250 to 300 feet.’’
‘The Dakotas suffered wing tip damage while the aero club aircraft were ‘significantly’ damaged when they broke from their moorings.’
‘The wing tip was composed of the tip proper and the tip cap at the extreme outboard end.’
‘It measured just over 12 metres from wing tip to wing tip.’
‘An example of a lofted shape is an airplane wing, where you start off with a large section at the fuselage and generate smaller and smaller sections toward the wing tip.’
‘Ken related, ‘I could see our wing tip getting higher and higher on the left side.’’
‘Along with the wing tip lights, the lights on the vertical are also being examined.’
‘We flew through overcasts in formation, wing tip to wing tip, coming out on top to see a beautiful white blanket brightened by the blazing sun.’
2North American A shoe with a toecap having a backward-extending point and curving sides, and leather that is perforated in a standard pattern.
‘Farther down the sidewalk, Gilbert spies some leather wing tips in a shop window.’
‘As if to reassure myself, I glanced down at my school uniform: at the polished black wingtip shoes, the freshly ironed khaki trousers, the crisp white button-down shirt, the silk navy colored tie, and the sharp navy colored suit jacket.’
‘Ray was, of course, dressed in the standard Gordon Bailey uniform: white button down shirt, navy suit jacket, navy tie, khaki trousers, black wingtip shoes.’
‘But between the way he dressed and carried himself and those wingtip shoes, I thought he was the biggest man in the world.’
‘I watched, in mute fascination, as the black wingtip shoe sliced through the air.’