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The Competitive Status of the U.S. Civil Aviation Manufacturing Industry A Study of the Influences of Technology in Determining International Industrial Competitive Advantage (1985) / Chapter Skim
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... In the past three decades extensive analytical and experimental work has been done in this country under NASA sponsorship to understand the laminar- to turbulent-flow transition and to develop methods for delaying this transition. Much more work needs to be done to adapt these methods to a large commercial transport in a practical, cost-effective manner.
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