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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 / AFRC · 2026-01-29 · photograph (digital archive)

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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.

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NASAF-15CATNLFSCHAMROQTransonicSubsonicScale ModelWing DesignAeronauticsAerialFDCAFRC
Credit lineNASA Completes First Flight of Laminar Flow Scaled Wing Design. NASA/AFRC, 2026-01-29. Public domain. ID: AFRC2026-0018-071.
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