NASA Completes First Flight of Laminar Flow Scaled Wing Design

NASA completed the first flighttestofa scale-model wingdesigned to improve laminar flow, reducing dragandloweringfuelcosts forfuture commercialaircraft. The flight took place Jan. 29 at NASAs Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, usingone of the agencysF-15B researchjets.TheNASA-designed,40-inchCrossflow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow (CATNLF) wingmodelwas attached to the aircrafts underside vertically, like a fin. The flight lastedabout75 minutes, during []