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Fifty Years of Laminar Flow Flight Testing
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Laminar flow flight experiments conducted over the past fifty years will be reviewed. The emphasis will be on flight testing conducted under the NASA Laminar Flow Control Program which has been directed towards the most challenging technology application- the high subsonic speed transport. The F111/TACT NLF Glove Flight Test, the F-14 Variable Sweep Transition Flight Experiment, the 757 Wing Noise Survey and NLF Glove Flight Test, the NASA Jetstar Leading Edge Flight Test Program, and the recently initiated Hybrid Laminar Flow Control Flight Experiment will be discussed. To place these recent experiences in perspective, earlier important flight tests will first be reviewed to recall the lessons learned at that time.
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Wagner, R., Maddalon, D., Bartlett, D., and Collier, F., "Fifty Years of Laminar Flow Flight Testing," SAE Technical Paper 881393, 1988, https://doi.org/10.4271/881393.Also In
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