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Altitude Wind Tunnel at the NACA’s Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory
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Altitude Wind Tunnel at the NACA’s Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory

NASA / GRC · 1945-06-23 · photograph (digital archive)

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Two men on top of the Altitude Wind Tunnel (AWT) at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory. The tunnel was a massive rectangular structure, which for years provided one of the highest vantage points on the laboratory. The tunnel was 263 feet long on the north and south legs and 121 feet long on the east and west sides. The larger west end of the tunnel, seen here, was 51 feet in diameter.

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Credit lineAltitude Wind Tunnel at the NACA’s Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory. NASA/GRC, 1945-06-23. Public domain. ID: GRC-1945-C-10527.
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