Full Scale Tunnel (FST) and Seaplane Tow Channel
Description: Aerial and ground views of the overall construction of Full-Scale Tunnel (FST) and the Seaplane Tow Channel. In November 1929, Smith DeFrance submitted his recommendations for the general design of... More
Full Scale Wind Tunnel, NASA history collection
View of the 30 x 60 Full Scale Tunnel's huge (434 by 222 feet, and 90 feet high) exterior from the Little Back River in October 1930. NASA Identifier: L4933
Zimmerman V-173, NASA history collection
Description (November 28, 1941) View of the Vought-Sikorsky V-173 airplane mounted in the Full Scale Wind Tunnel. Shows the prototype "Zimmer Skimmer" or "Flying Pancake" on which the XF5U was based...Identifie... More
F-86 in Full Scale Wind Tunnel at Ames
This F-86 aircraft is mounted in the 40 x 80 Foot Full Scale Wind Tunnel at the NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, Moffett Field California.
Mercury Space Capsule NASA history collection
(January 22, 1959) The Mercury space capsule undergoing tests in Full Scale Wind Tunnel, January 1959. ..Image # : L-1959-00336
Paraglider, NASA Langley research center
Image L61-4369 is available as an electronic file from the photo lab. See URL. -- Photographed on 06/30/1961. -- Test of parawing in Full Scale Wind Tunnel. -- Published in James R. Hansen, Spaceflight Revoluti... More
M-2 Lifting body 40x80ft Full Scale Wind Tunnel ARC-1963-A-31467
M-2 Lifting body 40x80ft Full Scale Wind Tunnel Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft development, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Aerial View of NASA Ames Research Center
Aerial view of the NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California. The large flaired rectangular structure in the center of the photo is the 80 x 120 Foot Full Scale Wind Tunnel. Adjacent to it is the 40 ... More
Mach 5.5 Wave Rider in Full Scale Wind Tunnel
James Fay inspects 8 foot long wave rider in the Full Scale (30 x 60) tunnel. Wave riders actually ride on the supersonic shockwave that they develop.
Full Scale Wind Tunnel, NASA history collection
As noted in Smith DeFrance's NACA TR No. 459: "The tunnel is of the double-return flow type with a 30 by 60 foot open jet at the test section. The air is circulated by two propellers 35 feet 5 inches in diamete... More
Full Scale Wind Tunnel, NASA history collection
As noted in Smith DeFrance's NACA TR No. 459: "The tunnel is of the double-return flow type with a 30 by 60 foot open jet at the test section. The air is circulated by two propellers 35 feet 5 inches in diamete... More
Full Scale Wind Tunnel, NASA history collection
Installation of propeller and motor fairing for east exit cone. Smith DeFrance described the propellers and motors in NACA TR No. 459. " The propellers are located side by side and 48 feet aft of the throat of ... More
Full Scale Wind Tunnel, NASA history collection
As noted in Smith DeFrance's NACA TR No. 459: "The tunnel is of the double-return flow type with a 30 by 60 foot open jet at the test section. The air is circulated by two propellers 35 feet 5 inches in diamete... More
Full Scale Wind Tunnel, NASA history collection
Construction of motor fairing for the fan motors of the Full-Scale Tunnel (FST). The motors and their supporting structures were enclosed in aerodynamically smooth fairings to minimize resistance to the air flo... More
Full Scale Wind Tunnel, NASA history collection
Construction of motor fairing for the fan motors of the Full-Scale Tunnel (FST). The motors and their supporting structures were enclosed in aerodynamically smooth fairings to minimize resistance to the air flo... 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
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
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
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
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
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