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The Area Rule and Richard Whitcomb

NASA aerodynamicist Richard Whitcomb with wind tunnel model, 1959
Aerodynamicist Richard Whitcomb helped paved the way for supersonic flight by narrowing the fuselage in what’s known as the area rule.

Aerodynamicist Richard Whitcomb helped paved the way for supersonic flight by narrowing the fuselage in what’s known as the area rule.

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Credits: NASA/Langley Research Center