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P-38E Lightning aircraft with experimental wings, southern California, United States, 1943 [Colorized by WW2DB]

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Caption     P-38E Lightning aircraft with experimental wings, southern California, United States, 1943 [Colorized by WW2DB] ww2dbase
Colorization Note   This photograph was originally a black and white photograph; the colorized version presented here was a derivative work by WW2DB. The colors used in this version were speculative, and could be significantly different from the real colors.

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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Government
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Photo Size 450 x 357 pixels
Added By C. Peter Chen
Colorized Date 24 Feb 2023
Licensing  Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".

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1. Commenter identity confirmed Bill says:
22 Apr 2011 06:28:26 PM

P-38E "Swordfish" as a laminar flow wing testbed. The aircraft was modified into a two-seater with longer fuselage, intended as a research aircraft, to find ways to reduce drag. It was modified with laminar flow wing sections outboard of the engines.

LAMINAR FLOW:

Laminar flow is the smooth uninterrupted flow of air over the contour of the wings, fuselage or other parts of the aircraft in flight. Designed for minimum drag and uninterrupted flow of the boundry layer is called Laminar airfoil.

Did You Know:

The 1960s Chevrolet Corvette benefitted by the use of Laminar Flow.
They were Corvette's best designs, and the baddest looking cars, just standing still, the vette looked like it was moving.
The L-88 was built from 1967 to 1969.

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