Wing (disambiguation)
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A wing
is an appendage used for flight by an animal or an apparatus used to create lift in aeronautics.
Wing or wings may also refer to:
Wing
A wing is an appendage with a surface that produces lift for flight or propulsion through the atmosphere, or through another gaseous or liquid fluid...
is an appendage used for flight by an animal or an apparatus used to create lift in aeronautics.
Wing or wings may also refer to:
Biology
- Insect wingInsect wingInsects are the only group of invertebrates known to have evolved flight. Insects possess some remarkable flight characteristics and abilities, still far superior to attempts by humans to replicate their capabilities. Even our understanding of the aerodynamics of flexible, flapping wings and how...
- Bat wing
- Bird wing
- Wing, any of several botanical meanings
Military terms
- Wing (air force unit)Wing (air force unit)Wing is a term used by different military aviation forces for a unit of command. The terms wing, group or Staffel are used for different-sized units from one country or service to another....
- "Wings", a colloquial term for United States Aviator BadgeUnited States Aviator BadgeA United States Aviator Badge refers to three types of aviation badges issued by the United States military, those being for Army, Air Force, and Naval aviation....
- "Wings", a colloquial term for aircrew badgesAircrew BadgeThe Aircrew Badge, commonly known as Wings, is a qualification badge of the United States military that is awarded by all five branches of armed services to personnel who serve as crew members on board military aircraft. The badge is intended to recognize the training and qualifications required...
(US) - "Wings", a colloquial term for aircrew brevetsAircrew brevetAn aircrew brevet is the badge worn on the left breast, above any medal ribbons, by qualified aircrew in the Royal Air Force, British Army, Indian Air Force, Canadian Forces, Australian Army, Royal Australian Air Force, Royal New Zealand Air Force, South African Air Force and Sri Lanka Air...
(UK) worn by military fliers (pilots) and crew members - "Wings", a colloquial term for technical badges such as the Parachutist BadgeParachutist BadgeThe Parachutist Badge or Parachutist Brevet is a military badge awarded by the Armed Forces of most countries in the world to soldiers who receive the proper parachute training and accomplish the required number of jumps. It is difficult to assess which country was the first to introduce such award...
worn by paratroopers
Places
- Wing, BuckinghamshireWing, BuckinghamshireWing is a village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. The village is on the main A418 road between Aylesbury and Leighton Buzzard...
, a village in England - Wing, RutlandWing, RutlandWing is a small village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England.-Architecture:The 17th-century houses in Wing were built from stone quarried at nearby Barnack and Clipsham. Many are roofed with Collyweston stone slate....
, a village in England - Wing, North DakotaWing, North DakotaAs of the census of 2000, there were 124 people, 68 households, and 32 families residing in the city. The population density was 210.3 people per square mile . There were 89 housing units at an average density of 150.9 per square mile . The racial makeup of the city was 99.19% White, and 0.81% from...
, a city in the United States
People
- Anna WingAnna WingAnna Eva Lydia Catherine Wing, MBE is an English actress. She has had a long career in television and theatre.-Personal life:...
(born 1914), English actress - Brad WingBrad WingBradley T. Wing is an American football punter. He currently attends Louisiana State University as a redshirt freshman. Wing has achieved notoriety during several nationally televised games for his accuracy and leg strength in LSU's punting game...
(born 1991), Australian player of American football - Craig WingCraig WingCraig Wing is an Australian rugby union player. He currently plays rugby union in Japan. A former rugby league player for New South Wales State of Origin and Australian international utility player, Wing played for South Sydney Rabbitohs and Sydney Roosters.-South Sydney Rabbitohs:Craig Wing was a...
(born 1979), a rugby league player for the Sydney Roosters - Joseph Wing (1810–?) and William Ricketson Wing (1830–1908), owners of J. & W. R. Wing CompanyJ. & W. R. Wing CompanyThe Joseph & William R. Wing Company was the largest whaling firm in the United States. Based in New Bedford, Massachusetts during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the J. & W. R. Wing Co...
, a whaling company - Lorna WingLorna WingLorna Wing, MD, FRCPsych, is an English psychiatrist and physician.As a result of having an autistic daughter, she became involved in researching developmental disorders, particularly autism spectrum disorders. She joined with other parents of autistic children to found the National Autistic...
(born 1928), a researcher of Asperger syndrome - Toby WingToby Wing-Life and career:Born Martha Virginia Wing, she began working onscreen at age 9; her father, Paul Wing, was an assistant director for Paramount Pictures. In 1931 she became one of the first Goldwyn Girls, and in 1932 she was seen in Mack Sennett-produced comedies made by Paramount, one starring...
(1915–2001), an American actress - Wing (singer)Wing (singer)Wing Han Tsang , popularly known simply as Wing, is a New Zealand singer of Hong Kong origin. She is known for her unique, offbeat singing style.-Career:...
, a New Zealand singer originally from Hong Kong - Wings HauserWings HauserWings Hauser is an American actor, director and film writer.-Life and career:Hauser was born Gerald Dwight Hauser in Hollywood, California, the son of Geraldine and Academy Award-winning director and producer Dwight Hauser...
(born 1947), an American actor - Donald Goddard WingDonald Goddard WingDonald Wing, an Associate Librarian at Yale University from 1939 to 1970, is best known for his publication of the bibliographic work A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America and of the English Books Printed in Other Countries, 1641-1700 ,...
(1904–1972), Yale Librarian
Characters
- Wing (DC Comics), a DC Comics character
- Wing (Marvel Comics)Wing (Marvel Comics)Wing is a fictional mutant character appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics.-Fictional character biography:...
, a minor Astonishing X-Men character - Wing (Transformers)Wing (Transformers)Wing is a fictional character in the various Transformers series. He is the leader of the Autobot Multiforce team and turns into a jet. He was one of the lead character in the Japanese anime series Transformers: Victory, where he was voiced by Masashi Hironaka.-Transformers: Generation 1:Wing is...
, a character from the Transformers universe
Works
- Wings (Kuzmin novel), a novel by Mikhail Kuzmin
- Wings (Pike novel), a young-adult faerie novel by Aprilynne Pike
- Wings (play)Wings (play)Wings is a 1978 play by American playwright Arthur Kopit. Originating as a radio play, it was later adapted for stage and screen.In 1976, Kopit was commissioned to write an original radio play by the NPR drama project Earplay...
, a 1978 Arthur Kopit play - Wings (magazine), a Japanese shōjo manga magazine
- Wings, the third in The Nome Trilogy of children's books by Terry Pratchett
- Wing, an island in Julie Bertgna's book ExodusExodus (2002 novel)Exodus is a science fiction novel written for young adults by Julie Bertagna published in August 2002. The story is set on an island faced with the problem of a rising shoreline, caused by a melting ice cap. Mara must think of a way to save herself, the other villagers and, most importantly, the...
Television
- "Wing" (South Park)Wing (South Park)"Wing" is the third episode of the ninth season animated series South Park. It was written by series co-creator Trey Parker and first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on March 23, 2005 and was named after New Zealand singer Wing, who also stars in the episode...
, an episode of South Park featuring the singer Wing - Wings (NBC TV series), a sitcom which ran on NBC from 1990 to 1997
- Wings (BBC TV series), a BBC drama which ran from 1976 to 1977
- Wings (Discovery Channel TV series)Wings (Discovery Channel TV series)Wings was an educational television program aired on the Discovery Channel.Episodes were one hour long, minus commercials. Each episode consisted of a documentary about one airplane model or closely related series of models, typically an American airplane or helicopter built in large numbers and...
, documentary show about aircraft
Music
- Wings (band)Wings (band)Wings were a British-American rock group formed in 1971 by Paul McCartney, Denny Laine and Linda McCartney that remained active until 1981....
, Paul McCartney's 1970s band - Wings (1968 band)Wings (1968 band)Wings was a folk rock band from the late sixties . The band members were veterans from an assortment of other sixties bands. Initially, the band was made up of Oz Bach of Spanky and Our Gang on bass, Pam Robins of Serendipity Singers sang, and on guitar Eddie Simon, younger brother of Paul Simon of...
, an American folk rock band - Wings (Mark Chesnutt album)Wings (Mark Chesnutt album)Wings is the sixth studio album released by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt, and his second for Decca Records. Released in late 1995, it features the singles "Trouble", "It Wouldn't Hurt to Have Wings", and "Wrong Place, Wrong Time". Respectively, these reached #18, #7, and #37 on the...
, a 1995 album - Wings (Bonnie Tyler album), a 2005 album by singer Bonnie Tyler
- Wing RecordsWing RecordsWing Records was a record label subsidiary of Mercury Records, founded in 1955, that enjoyed its greatest success during the late 50s. In 1986, the label was revived by Mercury's parent company PolyGram and, just before its final fade, the label enjoyed a brief success with then new R&B singers...
, a record label - "Wings" (song), the debut single by Tim BuckleyTim BuckleyTimothy Charles Buckley III was an American vocalist, and musician. His music and style changed considerably through the years; his first album was mostly folk oriented, but over time his music incorporated jazz, psychedelia, funk, soul, avant-garde and an evolving "voice as instrument," sound...
Film
- Wings (film)Wings (film)Wings is a silent film about World War I fighter pilots, produced by Lucien Hubbard, directed by William A. Wellman and released by Paramount Pictures. Wings was the first film, and the only silent film, to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. Wings stars Clara Bow, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, and...
, a 1927 film about World War I fighter pilots - Wings (1966 film), by Soviet filmmaker Larisa ShepitkoLarisa Shepitko-Early Life:She went to the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography in Moscow as a student of Alexander Dovzhenko. She was a student of Dovzhenko's for 18 months until he died in 1956. Shepitko graduated from VGIK in 1963 with her prize winning diploma film Heat, made when she was 22 years old...
Sports
- Detroit Red WingsDetroit Red WingsThe Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League , and are one of the Original Six teams of the NHL, along with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, New York...
, an NHL ice hockey team - Philadelphia WingsPhiladelphia WingsThe Philadelphia Wings are a member of the National Lacrosse League, a professional box lacrosse league in North America. They play at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
, an NLL lacrosse team - Kalamazoo WingsKalamazoo WingsThe Kalamazoo Wings, nicknamed the K-Wings, are a mid-level professional ice hockey team in Kalamazoo, Michigan. A member of the ECHL's Eastern Conference, North Division, they play in the 5,113-seat Wings Stadium....
, an ice hockey team based in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA - Winger (sport)Winger (sport)In certain sports, such as football, field hockey, ice hockey, handball, rugby union, lacrosse and rugby league, the term winger is the name of a position. It refers to positions on the extreme left and right sides of the pitch . In American football and Canadian football, the analogous position...
, a position in several sports - Wing (basketball), a combination shooting guard and small forward, also known as a "swingman"
Games
- Wings (1996 video game), a computer game with space ships
- Wings (series), several World War I computer flying games by Cinemaware
Computing
- WinGWinGIn computing, WinG is an application programming interface that provides faster graphics performance on Windows 3.x operating environments, and was positioned as a way to help game developers more easily port their DOS games to Microsoft Windows...
, a Windows interface in computing - Wings 3DWings 3DWings 3D is a free, open source, subdivision modeler inspired by Nendo and Mirai from Izware. Wings 3D is named after the winged-edge data structure it uses internally to store coordinate and adjacency data, and is commonly referred to by its users simply as Wings.Wings 3D is available for most...
, an open source computer graphics modeling program - WINGs, a Widget toolkit used by Window Maker
- WINGs Display ManagerWINGs Display ManagerIn computing, the WINGs Display Manager is a display manager for the X window system, mainly used for graphically logging in, on a Unix-based system.WINGs is a modification of xdm, XFree86's original display manager....
, an X display manager
Other
- airfoilAirfoilAn airfoil or aerofoil is the shape of a wing or blade or sail as seen in cross-section....
or aerofoil (British English), shape of a wing or blade (of a propeller, rotor or turbine) or sail as seen in cross-section - T-Mobile Wing, a Pocket PC telephone
- Short title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 by Donald Wing
- Wings, or Backplate and wingBackplate and wingthumb|right|A stainless steel backplate, wing and manifolded twinsetA backplate and wing , is a type of Scuba harness with buoyancy compensation device worn by scuba divers. Unlike most other BCDs, the backplate and wing is a modular system, in that it consists of separable components...
, a type of buoyancy compensation device worn by scuba divers - Wings (haircut)Wings (haircut)The Wings haircut or "flippies" is a popular hairstyle used in the 2000s, usually from the skateboarding community. Typically long, the style can range from long and drooping below the eyes, to a shorter length. The haircut is typically wavy and, if straight, the length comes to halfway down the ears...
, a haircut style - Wings AllianceWings AllianceWings was the working name of a proposed airline alliance to be anchored by the American carriers Northwest Airlines and Continental Airlines of USA with the European flag carriers KLM of the Netherlands and Italy's Alitalia...
, a former propose airline alliance - Fender (vehicle)Fender (vehicle)Fender is the US English term for the part of an automobile, motorcycle or other vehicle body that frames a wheel well . Its primary purpose is to prevent sand, mud, rocks, liquids, and other road spray from being thrown into the air by the rotating tire. Fenders are typically rigid and can be...
or wing, the automobile panel which surrounds the wheel - WINGWINGWING "ESPN 1410" is a commercial AM radio station in Dayton, Ohio operating with 5,000 watts at 1410 kHz with studios, offices and transmitter located on David Road in Kettering. It is the first full-time commercial radio station in Dayton...
, an AM radio station in Dayton, Ohio, USA - The wings, an area of a theatre stage, hidden from the audience
- WINGS, an international camp organized by Girlguiding Royal Berkshire and Berkshire Scouts
- Buffalo wingsBuffalo wingsA Buffalo wing, hot wing or wing is a chicken wing section that is traditionally fried unbreaded and then coated in sauce...
, a spicy preparation of fried chicken wings