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Old 6th July 2011 | 11:30
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Deeday
 
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Laminar flow wings are the exception, as far as I know. Not only for the smoothness required for the surface, but also because you need to use a laminar profile and they are not so good at high alpha/low speed (they stall earlier and more abruptly).
The P-51 Mustang springs to mind as an example of laminar wing (maybe the SF-260 too? can't remember). Nowadays I believe it's almost exclusively high-performance gliders.
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