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To induce lift on a conventional aircraft wing during vertical take-off, landing, or hover, rearward flow is induced over the inboard half of the wing by blowing air at 2 through slots at the rear of a leading edge flap, and forward flow is induced over the outboard half of the wing by blowing air at 6 through slots at the front end of trailing edge flaps, with boundary layer suction at 3 ahead of the trailing edge flap of the inboard half and at 7 behind the leading edge flap of the outboard half to reduce flow separation over said flaps. Large fins between the inboard and outboard using halves are reduced in area for normal flight, e.g. by sliding some sections into others (Figs 6,7, not shown). <IMAGE>
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