Today is the Longest Day of the Year (Photos of the Midnight Sun) June 21 gets the prize as the longest day of the year 2013 in Iceland. Whatâs more, summer seems to be arriving in ReykjavÃ­k. Last night people were waiting to see the midnight sun set, well at midnight in ReykjavÃ­k. The air was calm and clean and so were the people who sat on the shore.
Definition of airfoil. : a body (such as an airplane wing or propeller blade) designed to provide a desired reaction force when in motion relative to the surrounding air.
A gurney flap shown on the underside of a Newman airfoil (from NASA Technical Memorandum 4071). The Gurney Flap (or wickerbill) is a small tab projecting from the trailing edge of a wing. Typically it is set at a right angle to the pressure side surface of the airfoil, and projects 1% to 2% of the wing chord. This trailing edge device can improve the performance of a simple airfoil to nearly the same level as a complex high-performance design.