Of, course there's no such drag in space so no reason to keep your xwing
clean...

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Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote in message
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>
> Alan Kong wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 29 Jun 2000 13:48:18 -0800 "Lt. Kettch" <AKK### [at] aolcom>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >Yes, the Air Force washes its planes. Why, I'm not sure, maybe to
increase its life
> > >span.
> >
> >   I think that's the reason. Keeping the surface clean probably removes
> > contaminants that will ruin the finish coating on the metal, which in
> > turn protects the bare metal from corrosion in the harsh environment of
> > flight.
>
> They keep it clean to reduce drag which improves flight effeciency and
> fuel comsumption. On some of the jets that can exceed mach 2 or better
> even finger prints can cause enough drag to be noticable.
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