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Airbus’s ‘Blade’ Laminar Flow Wing Demonstrator Takes Flight
Tests aim to achieve a 50-percent reduction in wing friction and up to 5 percent lower CO2 emissions
The Airbus A340-300 Blade demonstrator takes off from Tarbes, France, for a three-hour, 38-minute test mission. (Photo: Airbus)
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Gregory Polek
• Senior Editor
September 26, 2017
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