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572516 NASA 816 Vortex Flap 1988

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F-106B 572516 NASA 816 unpainted bare metal by Robert Abbott 2001, Langley Research Center during its time with the Vortex Flap and Inflight Visualization research project in 1988. A metal radome was fabricated for NASA to install on this F-106B to evaluate the effect of lightning strikes on in the early 80