Flaps

            Over the break, I flew down to Louisiana. I got a few photos of the wings during takeoff and flight to look at the slats, which I learned about in Airframe. Unfortunately, all I got were pictures of flaps, but as they perform a similar function I decided to put the pictures up.

            It's kind of hard to see, but the trailing edge of the wing is curved down. That part of the wing is the flap. It's curved down during takeoff so that the air will move faster over the top of the wing.

            During the middle of the flight, the wing is flat. The flaps are up.

            These were taken on an A319.

            How educational!