Little vanes glued to planes promise big savings for US Air Force

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Source: New Atlas | New TechBy: David SzondyDate: 02/02/2025, 6:04:00 AM
A surprisingly simple tweak is making a venerable military transport aircraft more efficient. Literally gluing a few microvanes to the rear fuselage of a C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane can result in fuel savings in the tens of millions of…
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