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NASA Airliner Wing Vortice Tests

L-1011 Airliner Wing Vortice Tests at NASA Langley Research Center, notice how long the vortices stay active and how slowly they move.I should probably elaborate on what I mean by slow. I'm referring to the time between the airliner passing by and the reaction of the smoke. This 58 second movie clip shows an L-1011 Airliner Wing Vortice test at NASA Langley Research Center. NASA conducted the Adaptive Performance Optimization experiment aboard Orbital Sciences Corporation's Lockheed L-1011 ...