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Old 21st May 2004, 03:00
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DDG
 
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The Phantom is fitted with a saw tooth leading edge,the notch in the leading edge stops span-wards flow of air along the leading edge at high airspeeds to reduce tip losses and vortices.
Have a look at the pic`s on the following link;
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search
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