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Pre 1940\'s flying
I was reading an interesting book this evening: Manual for Aviation Cadets, published in 1943 by John Hoyt. In discussing the preflight, Hoyt makes mention of "walking around the wing tip, checking to see that no one has tried to use it for a landing gear in a Chinese landing (Wun Wing Lo)."
After a little research, I figured out that a "Wun Wing Lo" landing means one wing low ... e.g. the wing tip hits the runway during landing.
Two questions .... first, anyone know where this analogy originated? Obviously times have changed and something like that wouldn't be politically correct in today's society but I was curious if there was an incident pre-1940 that specifically coined that term. Second, in all of my flying, I'm yet to hear of someone who has scraped a wingtip during landing (sure, ground loops, but those don't count as landings!). I'm guessing the must have been more common in World War II aircraft if the author makes mention of it as if it is something the previous pilot might have experienced but failed to write up. I'm sure the majority of the aircraft were low wing airplanes however I've got quite a bit of low wing time, have landed in some really bad wind, and have never been concerned with striking the wing tip on landing. What's changed?
I was reading an interesting book this evening: Manual for Aviation Cadets, published in 1943 by John Hoyt. In discussing the preflight, Hoyt makes mention of "walking around the wing tip, checking to see that no one has tried to use it for a landing gear in a Chinese landing (Wun Wing Lo)."
After a little research, I figured out that a "Wun Wing Lo" landing means one wing low ... e.g. the wing tip hits the runway during landing.
Two questions .... first, anyone know where this analogy originated? Obviously times have changed and something like that wouldn't be politically correct in today's society but I was curious if there was an incident pre-1940 that specifically coined that term. Second, in all of my flying, I'm yet to hear of someone who has scraped a wingtip during landing (sure, ground loops, but those don't count as landings!). I'm guessing the must have been more common in World War II aircraft if the author makes mention of it as if it is something the previous pilot might have experienced but failed to write up. I'm sure the majority of the aircraft were low wing airplanes however I've got quite a bit of low wing time, have landed in some really bad wind, and have never been concerned with striking the wing tip on landing. What's changed?