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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 27, Vertical Wind Tunnel, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 27, Vertical Wind Tunnel, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 27, Vertical Wind Tunnel, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 27, Vertical Wind Tunnel, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 27, Vertical Wind Tunnel, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 27, Vertical Wind Tunnel, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 27, Vertical Wind Tunnel, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 27, Vertical Wind Tunnel, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 27, Vertical Wind Tunnel, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 27, Vertical Wind Tunnel, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

description

Summary

Significance: The Vertical Wind Tunnel was built during World War II to test parachute performance and aircraft spin characteristics. Despite a remarkably simple design and relatively low operating cost, the tunnel has contributed to numerous advances in aeronautical technology. It is largely unaltered and still in use.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N108, N115

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N414

Survey number: HAER OH-79-A

Building/structure dates: 1945 Initial Construction

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wind tunnels dayton ohio wright patterson wright patterson air force base area b vertical wind tunnel vertical wind tunnel dayton montgomery county air force ohio frank messer and sons historic american engineering record hunt and allen lisa pfueller tyler and martin potter photo air force base building plans design library of congress architectural diagrams
date_range

Date

1969 - 1980
person

Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Potter, Tyler & Martin
Hunt & Allen
Frank Messer & Sons
Pfueller, Lisa, transmitter
place

Location

Dayton (Ohio) ,  39.75895, -84.19161
create

Source

Library of Congress
link

Link

http://www.loc.gov/
copyright

Copyright info

No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

label_outline Explore Vertical Wind Tunnel, Hunt And Allen, Tyler And Martin Potter

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Swenson, residence at 21 Casurina Concourse, Coral Gables, Florida. Vertical view to entrance

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Vertical stabilizer inspection. Women inspectors are shown inspecting the vertical stabilizers upon receipt from the sub-contractor prior to installation on "Vengeance" dive bombers made at Vultee's Nashville Division. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the RAF (Royal Air Force) and still later by the U.S. Army Air Forces. It is a single-engine, low-wing plane, carrying a crew of two men and having six machine guns of varying calibers

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Buildings 25 & 24,10-foot & 20-foot Wind Tunnel Complex, Northeast side of block bounded by K, G, Third, & Fifth Streets, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Geraldyn L. Redmond, residence in Brookville, Long Island, New York. Vertical detail of cabinet and pewter

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Buildings 25 & 24,10-foot & 20-foot Wind Tunnel Complex, Northeast side of block bounded by K, G, Third, & Fifth Streets, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 27, Vertical Wind Tunnel, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

NASA Langley Research Center, Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, 224 Hunting Avenue, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

Pat Darling, business at 311 N. Howard St., Baltimore, Maryland. Vertical detail

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 20, Propeller Laboratory, Northwest corner of Seventh & E Streets, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 27, Vertical Wind Tunnel, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 23, Static Test Laboratory No. 1, Southwest corner of Fifth & E Streets, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Ludwig Baumann, business at 8th Ave. and 35th St., New York City. Vertical group II

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