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Python Turboprop Prepared for a Test in the Altitude Wind Tunnel
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A 3670-horsepower Armstrong-Siddeley Python turboprop being prepared for tests in the Altitude Wind Tunnel at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory. In 1947 Lewis researcher Walter Olsen led a group of representatives from the military, industry, and the NACA on a fact finding mission to investigate the technological progress of British turbojet manufacturers.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit linePython Turboprop Prepared for a Test in the Altitude Wind Tunnel. NASA/GRC, 1949-08-23. Public domain. ID: GRC-1949-C-23884.
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