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The Laminar Flow Breakthrough Changing Business Aviation w/ Paul Touw
For decades, business aviation has advanced in careful, incremental steps. Better avionics, quieter cabins, and marginal fuel improvements. But true aerodynamic breakthroughs are rare, generational, even.
In this highlight from a previous episode of The Aerospace Executive Podcast, we revisit a conversation with Paul Touw, CEO of Otto Aviation, about what may be the most significant leap in private jet design since the high-bypass turbofan.
At the center of Otto’s aircraft is something aviation has pursued for decades but struggled to control: true laminar flow across both wing and fuselage…
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