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Watch C-5A Galaxy’s Wing Vortices Tests At NASA Langley Research Center in 1970s

August 16, 2022 David Cenciotti

This video shows how NASA studied wingtip vortices using a C-5A Galaxy about 50 years ago. Although they dissipate at a certain distance from the wing, wingtip vortices, that form because of the difference in […]