Canard (aeronautics) an aircraft designer may adopt the canard configuration to reduce the main wing loading, to better control the main wing airflow, or to increase the aircraft’s maneuverability, especially at high angles of attack or during a stall. Canard foreplanes, whether used in a canard or three-surface configuration, have important consequences on the aircraft’s longitudinal equilibrium, static and dynamic stability characteristics. The term “canard” arose from the appearance of the Santos-Dumont 14-bis of 1906, which was said to be reminiscent of a duck ("canard" in French) with its neck stretched out in flight. The Wright Brothers began experimenting with the foreplane
Le Canard enchaîné the 1920s. Its current owners are not tied to any political or economic group. It now avoids any political alignment, and has gained a reputation for publishing incriminating stories and criticizing any political party with no preference. It is also fairly anti-clerical and lampoons the nobility. The "Canard" does not accept any advertisements. In the 1920s, it used to advertise for free "Le Crapouillot", another satirical magazine created by Jean Galtier-Boissière, a friend of Maurice Maréchal. Similarly, "Le Crapouillot" carried free advertisements for the "Canard". Relations between the two magazines soured during the Spanish Civil War as Maréchal supported the