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Old Oct 1, 2016 | 3:45 am
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airsurfer
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Aircraft with collapsible wings ?

Virtually birds have collapsible wings. Saves lots of space when not in flight.

Why is this not possible in aircraft ?

That would save lots of space at airport terminals, or increase airport capacity greatly.
It goes wingless to the runway, then it deploys the wings + engines in it and takes off.
But there should be reasons that this is not feasible, but what ?
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