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Old 1st May 2009, 17:26
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CirrusF, are you talking about the "wave rider" effect?

It was used to great effect in the XB-70, but that used a single wing with downward folding wing tips which captured and compressed the wave to allow the aircraft to 'surf" on it's own wave.

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