Pilot in Command on Instagram: "📌 Flap track fairings Fairings are needed to enclose the flap operating mechanism when the flap is up. They open up as the flap comes down and
![File:JASDF C-1(38-1003) flap track fairing(right wing) at Miho Air Base May 27, 2018.jpg - Wikimedia Commons File:JASDF C-1(38-1003) flap track fairing(right wing) at Miho Air Base May 27, 2018.jpg - Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/JASDF_C-1%2838-1003%29_flap_track_fairing%28right_wing%29_at_Miho_Air_Base_May_27%2C_2018.jpg)
File:JASDF C-1(38-1003) flap track fairing(right wing) at Miho Air Base May 27, 2018.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
![What is this small black rubber strip protruding out of the flap track fairing of the A320? - Aviation Stack Exchange What is this small black rubber strip protruding out of the flap track fairing of the A320? - Aviation Stack Exchange](https://i.stack.imgur.com/X6f9q.jpg)
What is this small black rubber strip protruding out of the flap track fairing of the A320? - Aviation Stack Exchange
![Aircraft wing over clouds with winglet and two anti-shock bodies serving also as flap track fairings. Photos | Adobe Stock Aircraft wing over clouds with winglet and two anti-shock bodies serving also as flap track fairings. Photos | Adobe Stock](https://as1.ftcdn.net/v2/jpg/00/85/34/48/1000_F_85344888_PhhxPQZ2fOqo9Mg0OcXbMaiWiZaKTn5i.jpg)
Aircraft wing over clouds with winglet and two anti-shock bodies serving also as flap track fairings. Photos | Adobe Stock
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