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NASA Center: Langley Research Center
Image # : L-1990-04334
Date : 04/11/1990

Title

Evolution of the Airfoil

Full Description

The historical evolution of airfoil sections, 1908-1944. The last two shapes are low-drag sections designed to have laminar flow over 60 to 70 percent of chord on both the upper and lower surface.

Keywords

Airfoil Langley NACA

Subject Category

Aeronautical Research, NACA-LaRC,

Reference Numbers

  • Center: LARC
  • Center Number: L-1990-04334
  • GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2000-001299

Source Information

  • Creator/Photographer: NACA
  • Original Source: DIGITAL

Image Information ( Copyright Notification )

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(Pixels)		Size
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Thumbnail .jpg 72 90 7
Small .jpg 512 640 121
Medium .jpg 1200 1500 437
Large .jpg 2400 3000 1,324

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