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History / Early Research reference unclear

In the text "His first such designs, for which he coined the name "Delta", used a very gentle angle so that the wing appeared almost straight and the wing tips had to be cropped sharply (see below)." the reference "see below" is unclear what it is referring to. I would fix this myself, but I'm not sure what it is citing. XenonofArcticus (talk) 15:48, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It appears to relate to this paragraph: The work of French designer Nicolas Roland Payen somewhat paralleled that of Lippisch. During the 1930s, he had developed a tandem delta configuration with a straight fore wing and steep delta aft wing, similar to that of Causarás. The outbreak of the Second World War brought a halt to flight testing of the Pa-22, although work continued for a time after the project garnered German attention.^[1] During the postwar era, Payen flew an experimental tailless delta jet, the Pa.49, in 1954, as well as the tailless pusher-configuration Arbalète series from 1965. Further derivatives based on Payen's work were proposed but ultimately went undeveloped.^[2]^[3]

References

^ LePage, Jean-Denis G. G. (2009). Aircraft of the Luftwaffe, 1935-1945: an illustrated guide. McFarland. p. 243. ISBN 978-0-7864-3937-9.
^ Taylor, John W. R. (1972). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1972–73. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. pp. 71–2.
^ Taylor, John W. R. (1973). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1973-74. London: Jane's Yearbooks. pp. 75–6. ISBN 0-354-00117-5.

A shorter version of this text was in the article when 'see below' was added in 2018. I can see no images in the history that it could have referred to. It's not a good idea to use 'see below' or similar because editors move stuff up, down, left and right or delete it entirely! I'm sure there's a guideline on it somewhere. Nimbus (Cumulus nimbus floats by) 16:59, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

[Lepage-1] LePage, Jean-Denis G. G. (2009). Aircraft of the Luftwaffe, 1935-1945: an illustrated guide. McFarland. p. 243. ISBN 978-0-7864-3937-9.

[JAWA72-2] Taylor, John W. R. (1972). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1972–73. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. pp. 71–2.

[JAWA73-3] Taylor, John W. R. (1973). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1973-74. London: Jane's Yearbooks. pp. 75–6. ISBN 0-354-00117-5.

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