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NASA Center: Langley Research Center
Image # : L-64110
Date : 01/13/1950

Title

8 Foot High Speed Tunnel

Full Description

Because the slots he was designing opened directly into the 8 foot High Speed Tunnel's hazardous igloo-shaped test chamber, where high levels of pressure, temperature, and noise would be encountered, Ray H. Wright had to don a diving suit before venturing into the test section.

Keywords

Ray Wright High Speed Tunnel Langley NACA

Subject Category

NACA-LaRC, Wind Tunnels-Interior,

Reference Numbers

  • Center: LARC
  • Center Number: L-64110
  • GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2000-001730

Source Information

  • Creator/Photographer: Unknown
  • Original Source: DIGITAL

Image Information ( Copyright Notification )

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(Pixels)		Size
(KBytes)
Thumbnail .jpg 70 90 8
Small .jpg 501 640 230
Medium .jpg 1175 1500 1,103
Large .jpg 2349 3000 3,612

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