ROUGH SKIN, SMOOTH AIRFLOW?
If slick dudes wear sharkskin suits, does it follow that slick airplanes should too? Possibly. A research program involving 3M and Europe's Airbus Industrie is trying to answer that very question. Officially dubbed the Airbus Industrie Riblet Investigation Program, the program involves applying a...
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