Aerion Designs Supersonic Business Jet Around Natural Laminar Flow

Most supersonic transport designs end up with a highly swept, cranked delta wing, but the Aerion Corp. of Reno, Nev., is gambling that its business jet is better off with a largely unswept wing featuring large amounts of natural laminar flow. The engineering balance is between skin friction, which...

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