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Vultee YA–31C Vengeance at the NACA
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A Bell P-39 Airacobra in the NACA Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory’s Icing Research Tunnel for a propeller deicing study. The tunnel, which began operation in June 1944, was built to study the formation of ice on aircraft surfaces and methods of preventing or eradicating that ice. Ice buildup adds extra weight to aircraft, effects aerodynamics, and sometimes blocks airflow through engines.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineVultee YA–31C Vengeance at the NACA. NASA/GRC, 1945-03-23. Public domain. ID: GRC-1945-C-08914.
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