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Updated Tuesday, November 10, 2009 10:44 am TWN, AP

America's Cup challenger unveils giant wing

SAN DIEGO -- America's Cup challenger BMW Oracle Racing has unveiled what is believed to be the world's largest wing, which it will test as a replacement for a traditional soft-sail rig on its giant trimaran.

Complete with flaps, the wing will tower nearly 190 feet (58 meters) above the deck when it's installed this week. It is longer than the wing of an Airbus 380, the world's largest passenger airliner.

The wing was unveiled five days after the trimaran's 200-foot (61-meter) carbon-fiber mast fell and broke in two during a sail on the Pacific Ocean.

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