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| below = F4Fs demonstrating how 5 aircraft with folding wings take up the same amount of space as 2 without it ([http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Comparison_of_F4F_Wildcats_with_and_without_folded_wings_c1942.jpg Wikimedia Commons]) | |||
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Folding wings are found almost exclusively on naval aircraft. There is a limited amount of space onboard an aircraft carrier, so folding wings allow multiple aircraft to fit in the space that a single non-folding wing design would take up.{{efn|In the prewar era, the U.S. Navy experimented with another concept for increasing aircraft capacity aboard carriers: suspending them from the hangar deck ceiling. However, this idea was eventually dropped, as it was discovered that in the event of damage to the carrier, the hanging aircraft could fall. In addition, if they caught fire, they were difficult to extinguish.}} | Folding wings are found almost exclusively on naval aircraft. There is a limited amount of space onboard an aircraft carrier, so folding wings allow multiple aircraft to fit in the space that a single non-folding wing design would take up.{{efn|In the prewar era, the U.S. Navy experimented with another concept for increasing aircraft capacity aboard carriers: suspending them from the hangar deck ceiling. However, this idea was eventually dropped, as it was discovered that in the event of damage to the carrier, the hanging aircraft could fall. In addition, if they caught fire, they were difficult to extinguish.}} | ||