DAN wrote:

David Powell wrote:

it was called the "coda" effect high lift and take off at 100 feet...

You mean CoANda effect, after Henri Coanda.

And actually, for this particular plane, boeing called it "USB".
Upper Surface Blowing.

any port in a storm, when it comes to aircraft design, eh?

redc1c4,
(sorry, i couldn't resist. %-)
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