NASA F-16 tests SLFC wing panel

1995-11-01T00:00:00

NASA HAS begun test-flying its Supersonic Laminar Flow Control (SLFC) wing panel on the Lockheed Martin F-16XL test aircraft. The SLFC project, managed by the Langley Research Center, will investigate methods of maintaining laminar airflow over the wing of a supersonic aircraft, as part of NASA's High Speed Research Program, ...

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