The T-38 Talon is the trainer version of the F-5 Freedom Fighter. No other aircraft has such a distinctive "coke bottle shape" illustrating the Whitcomb Area Rule, which says that the cross section volume of the aircraft should be evenly distributed along the length of the aircraft in order to have less transgenic resistance for the aircraft to reach supersonic speeds (Instagram 14.05.2017)

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