I remember....
I remember years ago....like 30 or 35 years ago....NASA was doing
a study about the effect of bugs on the leading edges of wings....
how the bugs affect lift. No kidding. Our tax dollars at work.
Never heard what conclusions they came to, if any. Maybe someone
can Google this.
Anyway, I was a flight engineer on the 727...doing my walk-arounds...
along with some NASA guy with a ladder counting bug splats on
the leading edges.
Fly safe,
PantLoad