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foreplane

The horizontal airfoil mounted on the nose or the forward fuselage to improve performance at takeoff and slow speeds. A fore-plane can be fixed or retractable. Also called a canard.

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We need to know the internal geometry because the strength and integrity of the foreplane is dependent on the internal structure.

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24 Squadron's aircraft are easily recognizeable, as they are devoid of canard foreplanes and painted in the standard Russian two-tone air-defense camouflage.