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EC79-11314
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During the 1970s, the focus at Dryden shifted from high-speed and high-altitude flight to incremental improvements in technology and aircraft efficiency. One manifestation of this trend occurred in the winglet flight research carried out on a KC-135 during 1979 and 1980. Richard Whitcomb at the Langley Research Center had originated the idea of adding small vertical fins to an aircraft's wing tips.
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Credit lineEC79-11314. NASA/AFRC, 1979-07-24. Public domain. ID: EC79-11314.
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