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A flexible fairing 13 is provided which includes an aerodynamic surface 20 composed of a plurality of closely spaced, telescopic fairing members 14 and a moveable fairing panel 18. One end 15 of each fairing member 14 is pivotably secured to a divergent flap 11 of a thrust vectoring nozzle, and the

A flexible fairing 13 is provided which includes an aerodynamic surface 20 composed of a plurality of closely spaced, telescopic fairing members 14 and a moveable fairing panel 18. One end 15 of each fairing member 14 is pivotably secured to a divergent flap 11 of a thrust vectoring nozzle, and the other end 17 of the fairing member is pivotably secured to the fairing panel 18 which is slideably mounted to the static structure of a nozzle 19 of a gas turbine engine. The flexible fairing 13 adjusts to accommodate both translational and rotational movement of the divergent flap relative to an airframe fairing 10, thereby maintaining an aerodynamic surface 20 between the airframe fairing 10 and the divergent flap 11 of the nozzle.

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A flexible fairing to reduce aerodynamic drag at an interface of a first component and a second component, the flexible fairing comprising: a plurality of fairing members, each of the fairing members including an outer member, and an inner member, the outer member having a first endpiece, the inner

A flexible fairing to reduce aerodynamic drag at an interface of a first component and a second component, the flexible fairing comprising: a plurality of fairing members, each of the fairing members including an outer member, and an inner member, the outer member having a first endpiece, the inner member slideably received within the outer member and having a second endpiece; and, means for supporting each of the fairing members in spaced relation to adjacent fairing members, the support means detachably mounted to the second component; wherein one of the first or second endpieces of each of the fairing members is pivotably connected to the support means, each of the fairing members extends between the first and second components, each of the fairing members telescopes to adjust to movement of the second component relative to the first component, and each of the fairing members is spaced sufficiently close to adjacent fairing members to form an aerodynamic surface between the first component and the second component.