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Definition

The 1st paragraph defines the subject as "the angle between left and right wings". This is immediately followed by diagrams that illustrate the subject as the angle between a wing and the level horizon, which will be half of the angle between two wings.

One of these two must be wrong! Please fix. $Martyn Jones. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.154.106.75 (talk) 12:56, 13 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, that line was added in 2020, have removed it. Nimbus (Cumulus nimbus floats by) 18:06, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]