If you're at Aero India this week, or looking at our photos or videos, you may notice some jets have chunks of foam wedged in awkward places. But FOD it's not: the foam, seen below on a Super Hornet, is an easy and delay-free solution to keep flaps and ailerons level instead of letting the wind blowing them down. Aircraft manufacturers, we're told, prefer those appendages be seen level in photos.
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