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Old 11-25-2011 | 11:53 PM
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Default RE: swept wings

Most airliners are sub-sonic aircraft. The main purpose of their wing sweep is to reduce drag at high sub-sonic Mach numbers. Other than that there are very few benefits to wing sweep. You rarely see significant sweep on an airplane that doesn't fly above about 0.8 times the speed of sound.