Interior view of the long air return passage in the 16-foot transonic ...
Photo shows a multiple exposure with the photographer, William P. Taub, standing in the wind tunnel. No. 69590. Typed on verso: Courtesy, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1951. From the Collections... More
NASA Langley Research Center, 8-Foot Transonic Pressure Tunnel, 640 Th...
Significance: The 8-Foot Transonic Pressure Tunnel was the first of Langley's wind tunnels to be built incorporating the new slotted throat tunnel design from its inception. A significant improvement over its r... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH
Significance: Area B began as Wright Field, an important center for a variety of early aircraft engineering and support systems research. Specialized research and support structures here were the site of many ... More
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Supersonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded...
Significance: The Supersonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation testing facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. As the center for naval research... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 27, Vertical Win...
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 t... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 27, Vertical Win...
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 t... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 27, Vertical Win...
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 t... More
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Subsonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded b...
Significance: The Subsonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. Naval Surface Warfare Center is associated... More
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Transonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded ...
Significance: The Transonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation testing facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. Naval Surface Warfare Center is a... More
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Transonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded ...
Significance: The Transonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation testing facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. Naval Surface Warfare Center is a... More
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Transonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded ...
Significance: The Transonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation testing facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. Naval Surface Warfare Center is a... More
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Transonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded ...
Significance: The Transonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation testing facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. Naval Surface Warfare Center is a... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Buildings 25 & 24,10-foot & 2...
Significance: The 10-Foot and 20-Foot Wind Tunnel complex houses a variety of specialized testing and support facilities, most notably the tunnels themselves. Research conducted in these facilities contributed... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Buildings 25 & 24,10-foot & 2...
Significance: The 10-Foot and 20-Foot Wind Tunnel complex houses a variety of specialized testing and support facilities, most notably the tunnels themselves. Research conducted in these facilities contributed... More
NASA Langley Research Center, Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, 224 Hunting Aven...
Significance: The facility allowed wind tunnel research into fields that could be most effectively investigated with full-scale models and actual aircraft. Until 1945 it was the largest wind tunnel in the world... More
NASA Langley Research Center, Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, 224 Hunting Aven...
Significance: The facility allowed wind tunnel research into fields that could be most effectively investigated with full-scale models and actual aircraft. Until 1945 it was the largest wind tunnel in the world... More
NASA Langley Research Center, Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, 224 Hunting Aven...
Significance: The facility allowed wind tunnel research into fields that could be most effectively investigated with full-scale models and actual aircraft. Until 1945 it was the largest wind tunnel in the world... More
NASA Langley Research Center, Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, 224 Hunting Aven...
Significance: The facility allowed wind tunnel research into fields that could be most effectively investigated with full-scale models and actual aircraft. Until 1945 it was the largest wind tunnel in the world... More
NASA Langley Research Center, Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, 224 Hunting Aven...
Significance: The facility allowed wind tunnel research into fields that could be most effectively investigated with full-scale models and actual aircraft. Until 1945 it was the largest wind tunnel in the world... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH
Significance: Area B began as Wright Field, an important center for a variety of early aircraft engineering and support systems research. Specialized research and support structures here were the site of many ... More
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Supersonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded...
Significance: The Supersonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation testing facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. As the center for naval research... More
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Supersonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded...
Significance: The Supersonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation testing facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. As the center for naval research... More
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Transonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded ...
Significance: The Transonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation testing facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. Naval Surface Warfare Center is a... More
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Transonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded ...
Significance: The Transonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation testing facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. Naval Surface Warfare Center is a... More
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Transonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded ...
Significance: The Transonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation testing facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. Naval Surface Warfare Center is a... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Buildings 25 & 24,10-foot & 2...
Significance: The 10-Foot and 20-Foot Wind Tunnel complex houses a variety of specialized testing and support facilities, most notably the tunnels themselves. Research conducted in these facilities contributed... More
NASA Langley Research Center, 8-Foot High Speed Wind Tunnel, 641 Thorn...
Significance: The facility was authorized in July 1933 and built by the Public Works Administration for $26,000. It tested complete models of aircraft and aircraft components in a high-speed airstream approach... More
NASA Langley Research Center, 8-Foot High Speed Wind Tunnel, 641 Thorn...
Significance: The facility was authorized in July 1933 and built by the Public Works Administration for $26,000. It tested complete models of aircraft and aircraft components in a high-speed airstream approach... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH
Significance: Area B began as Wright Field, an important center for a variety of early aircraft engineering and support systems research. Specialized research and support structures here were the site of many ... More
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Supersonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded...
Significance: The Supersonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation testing facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. As the center for naval research... More
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Transonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded ...
Significance: The Transonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation testing facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. Naval Surface Warfare Center is a... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Buildings 25 & 24,10-foot & 2...
Significance: The 10-Foot and 20-Foot Wind Tunnel complex houses a variety of specialized testing and support facilities, most notably the tunnels themselves. Research conducted in these facilities contributed... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Buildings 25 & 24,10-foot & 2...
Significance: The 10-Foot and 20-Foot Wind Tunnel complex houses a variety of specialized testing and support facilities, most notably the tunnels themselves. Research conducted in these facilities contributed... More
NASA Langley Research Center, 8-Foot High Speed Wind Tunnel, 641 Thorn...
Significance: The facility was authorized in July 1933 and built by the Public Works Administration for $26,000. It tested complete models of aircraft and aircraft components in a high-speed airstream approach... More
NASA Langley Research Center, 8-Foot High Speed Wind Tunnel, 641 Thorn...
Significance: The facility was authorized in July 1933 and built by the Public Works Administration for $26,000. It tested complete models of aircraft and aircraft components in a high-speed airstream approach... More
NASA Langley Research Center, Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, 224 Hunting Aven...
Significance: The facility allowed wind tunnel research into fields that could be most effectively investigated with full-scale models and actual aircraft. Until 1945 it was the largest wind tunnel in the world... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH
Significance: Area B began as Wright Field, an important center for a variety of early aircraft engineering and support systems research. Specialized research and support structures here were the site of many ... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH
Significance: Area B began as Wright Field, an important center for a variety of early aircraft engineering and support systems research. Specialized research and support structures here were the site of many ... More
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Supersonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded...
Significance: The Supersonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation testing facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. As the center for naval research... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 27, Vertical Win...
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 t... More
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Subsonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded b...
Significance: The Subsonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. Naval Surface Warfare Center is associated... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 19, Five-Foot Wi...
Significance: Building 19 is one of Wright Field's original buildings, today virtually unchanged and still serving the same function. The Five-Foot Wind Tunnel inside is the oldest operating wind tunnel in exi... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 19, Five-Foot Wi...
Significance: Building 19 is one of Wright Field's original buildings, today virtually unchanged and still serving the same function. The Five-Foot Wind Tunnel inside is the oldest operating wind tunnel in exi... More
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Transonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded ...
Significance: The Transonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation testing facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. Naval Surface Warfare Center is a... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Buildings 25 & 24,10-foot & 2...
Significance: The 10-Foot and 20-Foot Wind Tunnel complex houses a variety of specialized testing and support facilities, most notably the tunnels themselves. Research conducted in these facilities contributed... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Buildings 25 & 24,10-foot & 2...
Significance: The 10-Foot and 20-Foot Wind Tunnel complex houses a variety of specialized testing and support facilities, most notably the tunnels themselves. Research conducted in these facilities contributed... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Buildings 25 & 24,10-foot & 2...
Significance: The 10-Foot and 20-Foot Wind Tunnel complex houses a variety of specialized testing and support facilities, most notably the tunnels themselves. Research conducted in these facilities contributed... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Buildings 25 & 24,10-foot & 2...
Significance: The 10-Foot and 20-Foot Wind Tunnel complex houses a variety of specialized testing and support facilities, most notably the tunnels themselves. Research conducted in these facilities contributed... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Buildings 25 & 24,10-foot & 2...
Significance: The 10-Foot and 20-Foot Wind Tunnel complex houses a variety of specialized testing and support facilities, most notably the tunnels themselves. Research conducted in these facilities contributed... More
NASA Langley Research Center, Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, 224 Hunting Aven...
Significance: The facility allowed wind tunnel research into fields that could be most effectively investigated with full-scale models and actual aircraft. Until 1945 it was the largest wind tunnel in the world... More
NASA Langley Research Center, Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, 224 Hunting Aven...
Significance: The facility allowed wind tunnel research into fields that could be most effectively investigated with full-scale models and actual aircraft. Until 1945 it was the largest wind tunnel in the world... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH
Significance: Area B began as Wright Field, an important center for a variety of early aircraft engineering and support systems research. Specialized research and support structures here were the site of many ... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 27, Vertical Win...
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 t... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 27, Vertical Win...
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 t... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 27, Vertical Win...
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 t... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 19, Five-Foot Wi...
Significance: Building 19 is one of Wright Field's original buildings, today virtually unchanged and still serving the same function. The Five-Foot Wind Tunnel inside is the oldest operating wind tunnel in exi... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 19, Five-Foot Wi...
Significance: Building 19 is one of Wright Field's original buildings, today virtually unchanged and still serving the same function. The Five-Foot Wind Tunnel inside is the oldest operating wind tunnel in exi... More
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Transonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded ...
Significance: The Transonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation testing facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. Naval Surface Warfare Center is a... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Buildings 25 & 24,10-foot & 2...
Significance: The 10-Foot and 20-Foot Wind Tunnel complex houses a variety of specialized testing and support facilities, most notably the tunnels themselves. Research conducted in these facilities contributed... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Buildings 25 & 24,10-foot & 2...
Significance: The 10-Foot and 20-Foot Wind Tunnel complex houses a variety of specialized testing and support facilities, most notably the tunnels themselves. Research conducted in these facilities contributed... More
NASA Langley Research Center, 8-Foot High Speed Wind Tunnel, 641 Thorn...
Significance: The facility was authorized in July 1933 and built by the Public Works Administration for $26,000. It tested complete models of aircraft and aircraft components in a high-speed airstream approach... More
NASA Langley Research Center, Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, 224 Hunting Aven...
Significance: The facility allowed wind tunnel research into fields that could be most effectively investigated with full-scale models and actual aircraft. Until 1945 it was the largest wind tunnel in the world... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 27, Vertical Win...
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 t... More
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Transonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded ...
Significance: The Transonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation testing facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. Naval Surface Warfare Center is a... More
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Transonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded ...
Significance: The Transonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation testing facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. Naval Surface Warfare Center is a... More
NASA Langley Research Center, 8-Foot High Speed Wind Tunnel, 641 Thorn...
Significance: The facility was authorized in July 1933 and built by the Public Works Administration for $26,000. It tested complete models of aircraft and aircraft components in a high-speed airstream approach... More
NASA Langley Research Center, 8-Foot Transonic Pressure Tunnel, 640 Th...
Significance: The 8-Foot Transonic Pressure Tunnel was the first of Langley's wind tunnels to be built incorporating the new slotted throat tunnel design from its inception. A significant improvement over its r... More
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Transonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded ...
Significance: The Transonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation testing facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. Naval Surface Warfare Center is a... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 19, Five-Foot Wi...
Significance: Building 19 is one of Wright Field's original buildings, today virtually unchanged and still serving the same function. The Five-Foot Wind Tunnel inside is the oldest operating wind tunnel in exi... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 19, Five-Foot Wi...
Significance: Building 19 is one of Wright Field's original buildings, today virtually unchanged and still serving the same function. The Five-Foot Wind Tunnel inside is the oldest operating wind tunnel in exi... More
NASA Langley Research Center, Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, 224 Hunting Aven...
Significance: The facility allowed wind tunnel research into fields that could be most effectively investigated with full-scale models and actual aircraft. Until 1945 it was the largest wind tunnel in the world... More
NASA Langley Research Center, Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, 224 Hunting Aven...
Significance: The facility allowed wind tunnel research into fields that could be most effectively investigated with full-scale models and actual aircraft. Until 1945 it was the largest wind tunnel in the world... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 27, Vertical Win...
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 t... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH
Significance: Area B began as Wright Field, an important center for a variety of early aircraft engineering and support systems research. Specialized research and support structures here were the site of many ... More
NASA Langley Research Center, Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, 224 Hunting Aven...
Significance: The facility allowed wind tunnel research into fields that could be most effectively investigated with full-scale models and actual aircraft. Until 1945 it was the largest wind tunnel in the world... More
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Supersonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded...
Significance: The Supersonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation testing facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. As the center for naval research... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Buildings 25 & 24,10-foot & 2...
Significance: The 10-Foot and 20-Foot Wind Tunnel complex houses a variety of specialized testing and support facilities, most notably the tunnels themselves. Research conducted in these facilities contributed... More
NASA Langley Research Center, 8-Foot High Speed Wind Tunnel, 641 Thorn...
Significance: The facility was authorized in July 1933 and built by the Public Works Administration for $26,000. It tested complete models of aircraft and aircraft components in a high-speed airstream approach... More
NASA Langley Research Center, Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, 224 Hunting Aven...
Significance: The facility allowed wind tunnel research into fields that could be most effectively investigated with full-scale models and actual aircraft. Until 1945 it was the largest wind tunnel in the world... More
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Subsonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded b...
Significance: The Subsonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. Naval Surface Warfare Center is associated... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Buildings 25 & 24,10-foot & 2...
Significance: The 10-Foot and 20-Foot Wind Tunnel complex houses a variety of specialized testing and support facilities, most notably the tunnels themselves. Research conducted in these facilities contributed... More
An experimental scale model of the B-25 plane is prepared for wind tun...
12002-38. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More
![Member[s] of the experimental staff at the North American Aviation, Inc., plant, observe wind tunnel tests on an accurate scale model of the B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, Inglewood, Calif. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 Mustang fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzkvMDEvMDEvbWVtYmVycy1vZi10aGUtZXhwZXJpbWVudGFsLXN0YWZmLWF0LXRoZS1ub3J0aC1hbWVyaWNhbi1hdmlhdGlvbi1pbmMtcGxhbnQtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "Member[s] of the experimental staff at the North American Aviation, Inc., plant, observe wind tunnel tests on an accurate scale model of the B-25 (\"Billy Mitchell\") bomber, Inglewood, Calif. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 Mustang fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe")
Member[s] of the experimental staff at the North American Aviation, In...
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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH
Significance: Area B began as Wright Field, an important center for a variety of early aircraft engineering and support systems research. Specialized research and support structures here were the site of many ... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 19, Five-Foot Wi...
Significance: Building 19 is one of Wright Field's original buildings, today virtually unchanged and still serving the same function. The Five-Foot Wind Tunnel inside is the oldest operating wind tunnel in exi... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH
Significance: Area B began as Wright Field, an important center for a variety of early aircraft engineering and support systems research. Specialized research and support structures here were the site of many ... More
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Supersonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded...
Significance: The Supersonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation testing facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. As the center for naval research... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 27, Vertical Win...
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 t... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Buildings 25 & 24,10-foot & 2...
Significance: The 10-Foot and 20-Foot Wind Tunnel complex houses a variety of specialized testing and support facilities, most notably the tunnels themselves. Research conducted in these facilities contributed... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Buildings 25 & 24,10-foot & 2...
Significance: The 10-Foot and 20-Foot Wind Tunnel complex houses a variety of specialized testing and support facilities, most notably the tunnels themselves. Research conducted in these facilities contributed... More
NASA Langley Research Center, 8-Foot High Speed Wind Tunnel, 641 Thorn...
Significance: The facility was authorized in July 1933 and built by the Public Works Administration for $26,000. It tested complete models of aircraft and aircraft components in a high-speed airstream approach... More
Members of the experimental staff at the North American Aviation, Inc....
12002-38. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Supersonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded...
Significance: The Supersonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation testing facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. As the center for naval research... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 27, Vertical Win...
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 t... More
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Subsonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded b...
Significance: The Subsonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. Naval Surface Warfare Center is associated... More
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Subsonic Wind Tunnel Building, Bounded b...
Significance: The Subsonic Wind Tunnel Building is an aviation facility contained within the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division Historic District. Naval Surface Warfare Center is associated... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 19, Five-Foot Wi...
Significance: Building 19 is one of Wright Field's original buildings, today virtually unchanged and still serving the same function. The Five-Foot Wind Tunnel inside is the oldest operating wind tunnel in exi... More
NASA Langley Research Center, 8-Foot Transonic Pressure Tunnel, 640 Th...
Significance: The 8-Foot Transonic Pressure Tunnel was the first of Langley's wind tunnels to be built incorporating the new slotted throat tunnel design from its inception. A significant improvement over its r... More
NASA Langley Research Center, 8-Foot Transonic Pressure Tunnel, 640 Th...
Significance: The 8-Foot Transonic Pressure Tunnel was the first of Langley's wind tunnels to be built incorporating the new slotted throat tunnel design from its inception. A significant improvement over its r... More
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 19, Five-Foot Wi...
Significance: Building 19 is one of Wright Field's original buildings, today virtually unchanged and still serving the same function. The Five-Foot Wind Tunnel inside is the oldest operating wind tunnel in exi... More