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How blown flaps help aircraft achieve better flight performance

Explore the aerodynamics behind blown flaps and how this technology improves lift and control during flight. Learn why ...
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Flap-less morphing wings complete flight tests on Proteus aircraft

In 2014 and 2015, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, a strange-looking twin-boom aircraft called Proteus spent six months flying with wings that bent instead of ...
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NASA tests revolutionary shape changing aircraft flap for the first time

For taxi testing on Oct. 31, 2014 at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, in California, the Adaptive Compliant Trailing Edge (ACTE) flap was extended to 20 degrees ...

The C-17 Globemaster can land on a tiny runway thanks to a system no other transport uses, and it comes at a price

The C-17 Globemaster’s unique landing system lets it reach tiny runways, but its distinctive noise footprint remains a major ...
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Delta confirms plane’s wing flap was ‘not in place’ on Texas-bound flight

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A Delta Air Lines aircraft experienced an issue with a wing flap on a recent Texas-bound flight, a representative for the airline has confirmed. Delta flight 1893 departed from Orlando ...
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NASA tests revolutionary shape changing aircraft flap for the first time

NASA's green aviation project is one step closer to developing technology that could make future airliners quieter and more fuel-efficient with the successful flight test of a wing surface that can ...