Research for the future Supersonic Transport (Concorde) in the 1950s was done in two halves: slow speed flight with a delta wing was explored with the Handley Page 115, so no one bothered to file down the rivets! The black things on the wing leading edges are smoke machines, so that airflow can be studied. The fast bit was done by the Fairey Delta 2, which is very smooth.
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