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Originally Posted by hummingbird
It is due to this reason that some early fast fighter aircraft fuselages had a strange 'dimple' at the point where wings met the fuselage The wings added a sudden additional area when cross section is considered. That prevented the aircrafts to overcome drag particularly flying close to Mach1 figure. the trick designers used there was to give a 'dimple' in the fuselage, that reduced sudden increase in the cross-section area. This helped push aircrafts to higher speeds. google and you can find some references in the US air force fighter aircraft history.
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Whoaaaa!!! There's a random nugget of knowlege! Thanks!
ollie