NASA begins flight testing actuated strakes, laminar flow 'glove'
NASA pilots, in a series of flights aimed at enhancing the performance of jet fighters and supersonic transports, are testing actuated nose strakes and a wing-mounted "glove" that produces laminar flow. The U.S. agency said tests of the movable strakes have started aboard an F-18 testbed at Dryden...
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