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  • n  distance between the tips of the wings (as of a bird or insect) when fully extended
  • n  linear distance between the extremities of an airfoil

  • Imagine a gigantic yellow bird, with wingspread of 67 feet, weighing some 6,000 pounds, carrying an additional load of 11,000 pounds.
  • One of the largest of all sea birds, it develops a wingspread of 7 ft.
  • Only 22 feet long, it had a wingspread of 43 feet.
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  • RSO hosts 'Music for a Summer Evening' July 20
    RACINE — The Johnson Foundation at Wingspread, 33 E. 4 Mile Road, will again provide the backdrop for the annual Racine Symphony Orchestra special event, “Music for a Summer Evening,” from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, July 20.
    July 15, 2013 - The Journal Times

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