From kls Mon Sep 21 00:31:54 1998 Path: bounce-back Newsgroups: sci.aeronautics.airliners Date: 21 Sep 98 00:31:54 From: "David M. Clark" <9404136c@student.gla.ac.uk> Subject: Re: 747 wing flexibility References: Message-ID: Approved: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM Sender: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM All airliner wings can flex incredible amounts, as you'd expect when you think about the load they have to carry. Next time you're on an airliner next to a window, just check the wingtip level on the ground, then in the climb - you'll see the tip move from below the level of the window, to inline with the top of the fuselage!