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The area rule says that an airplane designed with the same cross... The area rule also holds true at speeds higher than the... The area rule was first discovered by... area rule in a series of publications beginning in 1947 with his Ph... The area rule was immediately applied to a number of development efforts... One interesting outcome of the area rule is the current shaping of the... s area rule looked odd at the time they were first tested... but the area rule is effective and came to be an expected part of the appearance of any transonic... in flight showing obvious area rule shaping at the wing root... was modified by NASA applying the area rule at the fuselage below the wing to decrease the shock by the wings and produce...

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