Riblets that allow great whites to slide through the water are being tested by Lufthansa on its planes
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They've been banned from Olympic swimming pools, but shark skin suits might reappear in the air, thanks to a new initiative from Lufthansa.
The German carrier has partnered with Airbus and the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials (IFAM) to test a new surface coating that mimics shark skin on two Airbus A340-300s.
It's part of a two-year long research project that started in the summer 2011, and will conclude this year.
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