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Installation of the Douglas XSB2D-1 in the Test Section of the 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel at Ames.
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Test section of the Ames 40 x 80 foot wind tunnel with the overhead doors open. XSB2D-1 airplane being lowered onto the struts by the overhead crane. Mechanics and engineers on orchard ladders aligning the model with ball sockets on the struts. The Douglas BTD Destroyer was an American dive/ torpedo bomber developed for the United States Navy during World War II.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineInstallation of the Douglas XSB2D-1 in the Test Section of the 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel at Ames.. NASA/ARC, 1944-06-12. Public domain. ID: AAL-6032.
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ARC-1944-AAL-5862