Adolf Busemann

engineer

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development of biplane

  • 1930 Fleet, two-seat biplane
    In biplane

    In the mid-1930s Adolf Busemann proposed the supersonic biplane, having a quite narrow gap (space between wings) in which expansion waves and shock waves would interact to reduce drag (the “shape drag” due to the thickness of the airfoil sections). A biplane having one much smaller wing (usually…

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