Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"If we can reduce drag on an airplane by even as little as 1 percent, it would create a tremendous amount of savings in fuel for the airline industry and the US economy."

Source: Utah State University Professor Warren F. Phillips, who, after 30 years in the mechanical and aerospace engineering department at Utah State and plenty of experience as a hang glider pilot, invented a technology called Twisteron to minimize drag on airplanes as they fly. The idea is to bend the entire wing to achieve minimum drag, a move Phillips claims will save hundreds of millions of dollars a year in fuel costs industry-wide.

FMI: www.usu.edu