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NASA Completes First Flight of Laminar Flow Scaled Wing Design
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NASA Completes First Flight of Laminar Flow Scaled Wing Design

NASA’s Crossflow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow (CATNLF) scale-model wing flies for the first time on a NASA F-15 research jet during a test flight from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. The 75-minute flight confirmed the aircraft could maneuver safely with the approximately 3-foot-tall test article mounted beneath it. NASA will continue flight tests to collect data that validates the CATNLF design and its potential to improve laminar flow, reducing drag and lowering fuel costs for future commercial aircraft.

Date
2026-01-29
Photographer / author
NASA/Carla Thomas
Collection
AFRC
Archive
NASA Image and Video Library
Type
photograph

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