wingtips

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The tail and wingtips are painted orange to they can be easily distinguished from manned aircraft.

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  • First, we selected a cadre of crusty punks from the streets of Seattle, stripped off their Che t-shirts, suited them up in Armani's and wingtips, and introduced them to the concepts of derivatives and dental floss.
  • Graig loved his black-and-white spectator wingtips, with their decorative holes and neatly pinked trim. —  FSFMagazine,July2007
  • It sufficed for the wingtips to come into close proximity to bring about a magnetic field which kept the entire system in balance. —  Stanislaw Lem - The Invincible
  • A black machine hurtled past, with rounded wingtips, a sharp nose and shark-like body. —  F ;SF; - vol 086 issue 04 - April 1994
  • "Plus one of the wingtips is broken The fabric ripped when we landed," said Troy. —  F ;SF - vol 105 issue 04-05 - October-November 2003
 

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