“The FAA employees who will be furloughed perform
critical work for our nation’s aviation system and our
economy. These are real people with families who do not deserve to
be put out of work during these tough economic times.”
Source: FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt.
The layer of air immediately adjacent to the surface of an
airfoil. Its flow, rather than being laminar, is essentially
random, or circulatory, and produces a great deal of aerodynamic
drag.
We told you a few days ago about the Paris to Madrid Air Race,
in which Pipistrel took first and third place, and Flight Design
got second. But the race, which is all about efficiency, rather
than who comes in first.