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Re: alula

At 11:42 AM 6/7/99 -0700, Betty Cunningham wrote:
>The alula is on the leading edge of the wing.  
>Do you refer to the flaps on the trailing edge of a wing or are there
>also flaps on the leading edge (I aint a plane person).
>
Gee, you must never have had a window seat near the front edge of the wing.

Yes, there are "flaps" on the front of the wing, at least on commercial
airliners.

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