Real Engineering. Area Rule - How To Make Planes Fly Faster. Posted: December 17, 2024 | Last updated: December 17, 2024. Why do supersonic planes have narrow fuselages over the wings?

Peter Garrison taught himself to use a slide rule and tin snips, built an airplane in his backyard, and flew it to Japan. He began contributing to FLYING in 1968, and he continues to share his ...

This rule still affects the design of many planes today, including the Boeing 747, which has its signature upper deck "hump" placed in such a way as to make the change in cross-section along the ...

Built with the area rule in mind, the narrow-waisted Convair F-106 Delta Dart was the U.S. Air Force’s main interceptor from the 1960s to the 1980s. Staff Sgt. John K. McDowell Mark Mallari of ...

Subsonic, supersonic, and hypersonic perturbation theory applied to wings and bodies employing techniques of matched asymptotic expansions. Finite element, influence coefficient methods. Supersonic ...

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Late last week, the FAA announced a new process for aviation startups to get permission to test new supersonic aircraft. Despite the appeal of faster-than-sound travel, testing new planes is ...

The rule will directly affect such companies as Boom Supersonic, which is developing their XB-1 supersonic demonstrator, and Overture, a 65-88 passenger supersonic airliner.

Supersonic air travel took another step closer to returning to the skies Thursday when the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a final rule ...