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Plane spotters may see one on the wing (3)

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I believe the answer is:

tab

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'wing' is the definition.
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'plane spotters may see one on the' is the wordplay.
'plane spotters may' becomes 'ab' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'see one on' says to put letters next to each other.
'the' becomes 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects).
'ab' after 't' is 'TAB'.

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(Other definitions for tab that I've seen before include "Flap; meal bill" , "Tally at bar (colloq.)" , "Small flap - bill" , "The bill in a restaurant" , "Till bill" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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