page_title: Tandem wing
hierarchical_section_title: Tandem wing
caption_attribution_description: QAC Quickie Q2 (UK registration G-BSPA) at Kemble Airfield, Gloucestershire, England. Photographed by Adrian Pingstone in July 2005 and placed in the public domain.
context_page_description: A tandem wing aircraft has two main wings, with one located forward and the other to the rear. Both wings contribute to lift.
  Tandem wing aircraft may be distinguished from:
  A biplane whose wings are stacked more or less vertically, one above the other, and where a separate tailplane surface is required,
  A Delanne wing aircraft where the rearmost tandem wing is smaller than the forward wing, thereby resembling an outsize tailplane.
  A canard or "tail-first" configuration where the forward surface is much smaller and contributes primarily to control and/or stability.
context_section_description: A tandem wing aircraft has two main wings, with one located forward and the other to the rear. Both wings contribute to lift. 
  Tandem wing aircraft may be distinguished from:
  A biplane whose wings are stacked more or less vertically, one above the other, and where a separate tailplane surface is required,
  A Delanne wing aircraft (such as the Mignet Pou-du-Ciel) where the rearmost tandem wing is smaller than the forward wing, thereby resembling an outsize tailplane.
  A canard  or "tail-first" configuration where the forward surface is much smaller and contributes primarily to control and/or stability.
caption: QAC Quickie Q2
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