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NACA Tunnel #1 Main Content
NASA Center: Langley Research Center
Image # : L-00008
Date : 5/22/1921


Title

NACA Tunnel #1

Full Description

Test section and balance for Atmospheric Wind Tunnel (AWT) #1. The 5 foot diameter circular test section and control room of NACA Tunnel No. 1. A Curtiss "Jenny" model can be seen mounted in the test section. Both a real JN4H and a highly accurate model were put through identical tests. The NACA engineers used this data to make the necessary corrections to the wind tunnel.

Keywords

Atmospheric Wind Tunnel 1 AWT Curtiss JN4H Jenny Langley NACA

Subject Category

NACA-LaRC, Wind Tunnels-Interior,

Reference Numbers

  • Center: LARC
  • Center Number: L-00008
  • GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2000-001723

Source Information

  • Creator/Photographer: NACA
  • Original Source: DIGITAL

Image Information ( Copyright Notification )

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Thumbnail .jpg 69 90 9
Small .jpg 493 640 209
Medium .jpg 1156 1500 929
Large .jpg 2312 3000 3,139


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