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Wings of Fire is a series of high fantasy novels about dragons, written by Tui T. Sutherland and published by Scholastic Inc. [1] The series has been translated into over ten languages, [2] has sold over 14 million copies, and has been on the New York Times bestseller list for over 200 weeks.
Vanna White issued a tongue-in-cheek apology to her Wheel of Fortune co-host after the game show shared its latest promo video on social media. As the video demonstrated, White and co-host Ryan ...
A derivative of the Falcon 2000 EX airframe, it is the first aircraft to be put into production with API's new High Mach winglets. The Falcon 2000-winglets received FAA certification on April 16, 2009, with the 900 series receiving certification in September 2011. Dassault and API have also certified winglets for the Falcon 50 series aircraft.
Snowflake, an IceWing in the prologue of Legends: Darkstalker, and a character in Winglets: Runaways. She was going to be Prince Arctic's mate until he ran away with Foeslayer. Peacemaker, a RainWing-NightWing hybrid. After Darkstalker nearly took over Jade Mountain Academy, Kinkajou enchanted a strawberry that he ate, and he turned into ...
Winglet on KC-135 Stratotanker with attached tufts showing airflow during NASA tests in 1979–1980 Gulfstream V model winglet flutter tests at NASA Langley transonic wind tunnel. The term "winglet" was previously used to describe an additional lifting surface on an aircraft, like a short section between wheels on fixed undercarriage.
After World War II, NACA research began to focus on near-sonic and low-supersonic airflow.After considering the sudden drag increase which a wing-fuselage combination experiences at somewhere around 500 mph (800 km/h), Whitcomb concluded that "the disturbances and shock waves are simply a function of the longitudinal variation of the cross-sectional area" – that is, the effect of the wings ...
Mark D. Maughmer (born January 18, 1950) is a professor of Aerospace Engineering in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University.He is a widely published author known throughout the world as one of the leading aerodynamicists, especially in the areas of airfoil and winglet design and analysis, wing optimization, natural laminar flow aerodynamics, and subsonic ...
The Masak winglets were originally retrofit to production sailplanes, but within 10 years of their introduction, most high-performance gliders were equipped from the factory with winglets. [6] It took over a decade for winglets to first appear on a production airliner, the original application that was the focus of the NASA development in the ...