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8-Foot High Speed Tunnel (HST)
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Interior view of the slotted throat test section installed in the 8-Foot High Speed Tunnel (HST) in 1950. The slotted region is about 160 inches in length. In this photograph, the sting-type model support is seen straight on. In a NASA report, the test section is described as follows: The test section of the Langley 8-foot transonic tunnel is dodecagonal in cross section and has a cross-sectional area of about 43 square feet.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit line8-Foot High Speed Tunnel (HST). NASA/LRC, 1957-03-19. Public domain. ID: LRC-1957-B701_P-00959.
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