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NASA engineer Whitcomb thought like an 'air molecule' - Daily Press
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Working at NASA Langley Research Center in the 1950s, Whitcomb redesigned the midsection of fighter jets to resemble an old-fashioned Coke bottle. The slimmer body helped reduce drag, making supersonic flight — traveling faster than the speed of sound ...