Transverse driving bodies, particularly airplane wings

In a transverse driving body, particularly an airplane wing having a variable profile form and a displacing mechanism,

• the improvement comprising a plurality of link band means forming the front wing part, each of said link band means including bearing segment means and link band segment means,
• said link band means including at least three link band parts which are portions of the upper wing profile, lower wing profile and wing nose,
• said segments of said link band means having different curvatures with said bearing segment having a smaller radius of curvature than said band segment,
• and means adapted to act in conjunction with said displacing mechanism whereby said link band means can be selectively adjusted into different positions with respect to incident flow to provide at least one position where said wing has a low profile and small camber and at least one displaced position where said wing profile is increased and said wing camber is increased;
• said bearing segment of said upper wing profile forming the leading edge in said one position and said band segment of said wing nose forming the leading edge in said displaced position.