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Airbus A340-300 fitted with experimental laminar-flow wing

Published: 26 Sep 2017 - 11:36 pm | Last Updated: 05 Nov 2021 - 01:08 am
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An Airbus A340-300 fitted with experimental laminar-flow wing sections named "Blade" makes is first test flight, on September 26, 2017 over Colomiers. The effort is part of a larger EU-funded technology project, dubbed the Breakthrough Laminar Aircraft Demonstrator in Europe (BLADE), to assess the industrial feasibility of natural laminar-flow wings on future aircraft.  AFP / Pascal Pavani

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