Original sentence: Jerry Gregorek of the Ohio State University to achieve a drag-reducing 50% laminar flow at cruise.The arrangement of the wing surfaces allows all three to provide lift, as opposed to a conventional configuration where the horizontal stabilizer creates a downward force to counteract the nose-down moment that a conventional main wing generates.The company claims the overall design enables the wing to be 34% smaller than on convential aircraft and a specific range of 0.84 nm per pound of fuel.The main wing is located behind the cabin with the design utilizing a T-tail, and a small fixed wing forward similar to a canard but lacking control surfaces.This is significantly better than the 0.31 to 0.48 nm / pound of similar small jets
Edited sentence: Jerry Gregorek of Ohio State University to achieve a drag-reducing 50% laminar flow at cruise.The Avanti's reduced aerodynamic drag and turboprop engines result in an ultra-efficient aircraft that flies nearly as fast as competitive jets, on 30% less fuel, while providing the cabin space of a much larger business jet.The wing is located very far aft, behind the cabin, and the highly unconventional design also features a T-tail and a fixed canard foreplane.This arrangement allows all three wing surfaces to provide lift in the upwards direction, as opposed to a conventional configuration, where the horizontal stabilizer creates a downward force, requiring the main wing to produce more lift to balance this force, and thus increasing induced drag