NASA achieves 'significant' supersonic laminar flow in tests
NASA researchers achieved "a significant amount of laminar flow" in a year-long series of supersonic tests with a delta-wing F-16 playing the role of a future high-speed civil transport (HSCT). The agency's F-16XL, one wing modified with a titanium "glove" perforated with more than 10 million tiny...
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