26)where K T = (Af£, -1)5 /e 2 A5 C^p is a transonic viscous interaction parameter. In the K T ^> 1 limit, Eq. (26) reduces to Eq. (10) for higher Mach number supersonic flow. Now, numerical studies of this modified transonic triple-deck problem have shown 15 that the value of p Ls , changes very little over a wide range of K T values: for K T > 1, we may thus continue to use the incipient separation criterion Eq. (14). Then with d<5*/djc = K d 9 Ls , 9 inversion of Eq. (22) followed by conversion back to physical variables yields 1-1.030/ (27) This is the desired extension of Eq. (19) to include the transonic regime. Although a bit complicated, it reveals the correct underlying scaling behavior while passing over to the simpler form of Eq. (19) for sufficiently small values of x -In. this regard we note that Eq. (27) is, in fact, a unified scaling law for the entire supersonic regime from transonic to moderately hypersonic.