curprev13:2513:25, 17 April 2023 98.97.23.215talk 5,050 bytes+12 Fixing the vague comment for "cleaned up" a variant of the clean configuration in airplanes terms which means gear up and flaps up. This is because dirty drag, if you will, hinders performance of an aircraft. Drag is created when landing gear and flaps are extended for takeoff and landing which is why retractable landing gear is found on a lot of high performance planes and passenger jets.undo
curprev04:0604:06, 16 November 2017 Xiphosuratalkcontribs 5,600 bytes+3 →Development: Altered Grumman to Gulfstream, to avoid confusion with the F9F (I was wondering how a civilian light prop aircraft could keep up with a naval jet in climb), and by the time the aircraft entered production the name change had occurred.undoTag: Visual edit