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An airfoil having a device for changing the spacing between the airfoil's surface panels, thus to change the aerodynamic property of the airfoil. Considering the airfoil as in the case of the airfoil being a part of an airplane wing, the airfoil carries a flap panel along the wing's front edge, the flap panel being movably interconnected to the airfoil's lower panel, and is slidable along the airfoil's upper panel as the panel-spacing is changed, providing an effectively air-sealed relationship of the panels; and that controlled adjustability is provided by a control shaft which, by gearing of both upper panel's movable support means and of the flap panel support means, thus achieving their co-ordinated movement to change the airfoil shape.
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