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The work of talented mechanics and other technical employees was instrumental to the NACA's success. A mechanic stands on a stool to work on an air-cooled radial engine in the hangar.
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Early construction shot of the PRT facing toward the exit cone side of the tunnel. The future return passages--to the right and left of the center section--are clearly visible. Note the rail tracks and cars used to bring in building materials.
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Clad in a fur lined leather flying suit with oxygen facepiece, NACA test pilot Paul King prepares to take to the air in a Vought VE-7.
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Model of Full-Scale Tunnel (FST) under construction. On June 26, 1929, Elton W. Miller wrote to George W. Lewis proposing the construction of a model of the full-scale tunnel. "The excellent energy ratio obtained in the new wind tunnel of the California Institute of Technology suggests that before proceeding with our full scale tunnel design, we ought to investigate the effect on energy ratio of such factors as: 1. small included angle for the exit cone; 2. carefully designed return...
Topic: Where -- California
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-1999-00339&orgid=1
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One of the earliest construction photographs of the PRT (Twenty-Foot Propeller Research Tunnel). Pilings are being sunk deep into into the marshy soil next to the South Back River at Langley Field in Hampton, VA.
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Wheelbarrow Race. Series of three photographs of barrel jousting competition. On the barrel to the left is Edward R. Ray Sharp, a future engineer in charge of the NACA's Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory in Cleveland, Ohio. Photograph published in Engineer in Charge: A History of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, 1917-1958 by James R. Hansen (page 417). Also published in in Winds of Change, 75th Anniversary NASA publication, by James Schultz (page 19).
Topic: Where -- Ohio
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-2000-00351&orgid=1
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May 31, 2029
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Naval Aircraft Factory (Curtiss) H-16: The Naval Aircraft Factory H-16 flying boat, seen here on a beaching dolly on the Langley seaplane ramp, was one of 150 built by the Naval Aircraft Factory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Most H-16s built were made by Curtiss, so the type is more readily known under that name. The NACA performed hull pressure distribution tests at Langley during 1929.
Topic: Where -- Pennsylvania
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-2002-00585&orgid=1
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May 20, 2029
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Vought UO-1: Following the success of Vought's VE-7, the Vought UO-1 observation aircraft was produced, versions of which saw service as Vought FU fighters. This example was used by the NACA in engine supercharger work.
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-2002-00579&orgid=1
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Apr 30, 2029
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Test of 4" x 20" Clark-Y airfoil model in Full-Scale Tunnel (FST). On June 26, 1929, Elton W. Miller wrote to George W. Lewis proposing the construction of a model of the full-scale tunnel. "The excellent energy ratio obtained in the new wind tunnel of the California Institute of Technology suggests that before proceeding with our full scale tunnel design, we ought to investigate the effect on energy ratio of such factors as: 1. small included angle for the exit cone; 2....
Topic: Where -- California
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-1999-00334&orgid=1
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Apr 2, 2029
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Apr 2, 2029
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Caption: "LMAL division chiefs confer with the engineer-in-charge in April 1929. Left to right: E.A. Myers, Personnel Division; Edward R. Sharp, Property and Clerical Division; Thomas Carroll, Flight Test Division; Henry J.E. Reid, engineer in chief; Carlton Kemper, Power Plants Division; Elton Miller, aerodynamics division.
Topic: Who -- Henry J.E. Reid
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-1997-00141&orgid=1
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Apr 1, 2029
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Langley metal workers fabricated NACA cowlings for early test installations. Photograph published in Winds of Change, 75th Anniversary NASA publication, by James Schultz, c1992, (page 35). Photograph published in NACA mechanics install cowling for testing, 1928. Published in Engineer in Charge: A History of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, 1917-1958 by James R. Hansen, c1987 (page 125). Also published in Sixty Years of Aeronautical Research 1917-1977 By David A. Anderton - A NASA...
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Mar 29, 2029
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Pearl I. Young, the NACA's first female professional, at work in the instrument research laboratory circa 1929. Photograph published in Winds of Change, 75th Anniversary NASA publication, by James Schultz, page 47. Also published in Engineer in Charge: A History of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, 1917-1958 by James R. Hansen, (page 209).
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-2000-00347&orgid=1
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At work in the metal shop making engine cowlings. Photograph published in Winds of Change, 75th Anniversary NASA publication, by James Schultz (page 38).
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Mar 16, 2029
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The LMAL flight crew installs an experimental low-drag cowling on the Fokker Trimotor, 1929. Photograph published in Engineer in Charge: A History of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, 1917-1958 by James R. Hansen (page 131).
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In this photo taken on March 15, 1929, a quartet of NACA staff conduct tests on airfoils in the Variable Density Tunnel, which, in 1985, was declared a National Historic Landmark. l to r Eastman Jacobs, Shorty Defoe, Malvern Powell, and Harold Turner.
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/topics/aeronautics/features/naca2010_gallery.html
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Loening COA-1: In February 1925, the Loening COA-1 made an appearance at Langley Field, where the NACA took note of the craft. The COA-1 was equipped with an inverted Liberty engine, and it was this engine which enabled Loening designers to construct a amphibian aircraft where the central float also served as part of the fuselage. The design allowed for more crew work area internally.
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-1999-00279&orgid=1
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Jan 21, 2029
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Installing the U.S.A. 35B airfoil test section for testing in the Variable-Density Tunnel(VDT). The VDT Log Book entry for January 3, 1925 notes that this airfoil was installed "for a test with the new big streamline wires.
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Model of Sperry Messenger (U.S.A. 5 airfoil) being tested inside the Variable-Density Tunnel (VDT). The tests were run in early January 1925. Testing was suspended on January 15th "until model and airplane could be brought into closer agreement. Investigation as to the necessary changes was made." The new model was finished in early March and a few more tests were run.
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Curtiss Hawk with NACA Cowling 1928. Photograph published in Engineer in Charge: A History of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, 1917-1958 by James R. Hansen (page 129).
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Curtiss AT-5a NACA Cowling: The NACA cowling as applied to a Curtiss AT-5A at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, October 1928.
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Ryan NYP "Spirit of St. Louis" equipped with 220 HP Wright Whirlwind engine. Charles A. Lindbergh flew this aircraft non-stop from New York to Paris in the period May 20-21 1927. Photographed in San Diego, California. This photo was used in a report, NACA TN, written by Donald Hall who designed the aircraft.
Topics: What -- Spirit, Where -- New York, Where -- Paris, Where -- California
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Aug 30, 2028
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By the end of September 1928, tests of cowling #10 in the PRT showed a dramatic reduction in drag. Photograph published in Engineer in Charge: A History of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, 1917-1958 by James R. Hansen (page 128).
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Aug 26, 2028
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Variable Density Tunnel: Elton W. Miller inspects damage to a wing setup in the Variable Density Tunnel, August 1924. Published in James R. Hansen, Engineer In Charge, NASA SP-4305, p. 173.
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May 25, 2028
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Caption: "Among the men in the bottom photograph, also from 1928, are Munk's successor as chief of aerodynamics Elton Miller (far right), and PRT section head Fred Weick (immediately in front of Miller)." Photograph published in Engineer in Charge: A History of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, 1917-1958 by James R. Hansen, page 89. The PRT was torn down in 1950 to make way for the 8 foot Transonic Pressure Tunnel.
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-1997-00140&orgid=1
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May 15, 2028
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SE-5A Aircraft at LaRC hanger. This Royal Aircraft Factory SE-5A was used by NACA engineers at Langley in a study of vertical, lateral and longitudinal accelerations while maneuvering. While at Langley the aircraft was known as "NACA 5". Note the airspeed sensor mounted to the upper portion of the left wing strut.
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-2002-00563&orgid=1
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Apr 24, 2028
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The youthful engineer-in-charge Henry J.E. Reid sits at his desk, April 1928." - Caption and photograph published in Engineer in Charge: A History of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, 1917-1958, by James R. Hansen, frontispiece.
Topic: Who -- Henry J.E. Reid
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-2000-00343&orgid=1
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Mar 7, 2028
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Interior of Atmospheric Wind Tunnel (AWT) #1 showing pitot tube and other air stream probes. Smoke stream for flow visualization.
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-1999-00275&orgid=1
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Mar 7, 2028
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Interior of Atmospheric Wind Tunnel (AWT) #1 showing oscillating airfoil #496.
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Martin MO-1: The Martin MO-1 three-place observation plane was probably of interest to the NACA for its all-metal cantilevered wing. This example of the float plane was used at Langley from September 1922 until November 1923.
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-2002-00565&orgid=1
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Jan 29, 2028
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Equipment used for pressurizing the Variable-Density Tunnel (VDT). Elton Miller writes in NACA TR 227 (p. 414): "The air is compressed in two or three stages, according to the terminal pressure in the tank. A two-stage primary compressor is used up to a terminal pressure of about seven atmospheres. For pressures above this a booster compressor is used in conjunction with the primary compressor. The booster compressor may be used also as an exhauster when it is desired to operate the tunnel...
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Underside of the Variable-Density Tunnel (VDT). The compressors are to the left. Circular screened cone is shown. The photographer was probably shooting film for Dr. Joseph Ames' Wilbur Wright Memorial Lecture given to the Royal Aeronautical Society on May 31, 1923.
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-1999-00272&orgid=1
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Douglas DT-2 (Naval Aircraft Factory): This example of the Douglas DT-2 torpedo plane, which flew as "NACA 11," was built in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by the Naval Aircraft Factory. Langley's NACA staff studied the take-off characteristics of a twin-float seaplane with this aircraft.
Topic: Where -- Douglas
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-2002-00568&orgid=1
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A Langley researcher ponders the future, in mid-1927, of the Sperry M-1 Messenger, the first full-scale airplane tested in the Propeller Research Tunnel. Contents page photograph published in Winds of Change, 75th Anniversary NASA publication. Also Photograph published in Engineer in Charge: A History of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, 1917-1958 by James R. Hansen (page 175). Standing in the exit cone is Elton W. Miller, Max M. Munk's successor as chief of aerodynamics. Photograph also...
Topic: What -- MESSENGER
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-2000-00342&orgid=1
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May 3, 2027
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May 3, 2027
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Instrument board for tank control for Wind Tunnel #2 - general interior of building.
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May 3, 2027
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Instrument board for tank control for Wind Tunnel #2 - general interior of building.
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Apr 27, 2027
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Various VIPs at Langley. Among them, Dr. E. Sharp, director, far left; Orville Wright, 2nd from left; and George Lewis, 4th from left.
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-2002-00559&orgid=1
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Propeller Research Tunnel: An interior view of the Propeller Research Tunnel (PRT) building showing the balance structure. This structure had worried Chief of Aerodynamics, Max M. Munk. The PRT is about to perform drag tests on a dummy fuselage in 1928.
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-2003-00331&orgid=1
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The NACA's and LMAL's first civilian test pilot, Thomas Carroll.
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Mar 2, 2027
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SPAD VII (Socitete Pour Aviation et des Derives): This SPAD VII, marked as NACA 10, flew at Langley from September 1922 until February 1925.
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-2002-00566&orgid=1
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Thomas Morse MB-3: The fifth production Thomas-Morse MB-3 fighter spent the greater part of 1923 undergoing testing at the NACA's Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory. Study into the pressure distribution over wings in flight was the main focus of study. This was a major concern, as the effort was aimed at preventing fabric from ripping or bursting apart under flight loads.
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-2002-00567&orgid=1
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Feb 5, 2027
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Motor and drive shaft for Variable-Density Tunnel (VDT) propeller. Elton Miller writes in NACA TR No. 227, "The propeller is driven directly by a synchronous motor of 250 horsepower (253.5 metric horsepower), which runs at a speed of 900 revolutions per minute. The synchronous motor has an advantage over the usual direct-current motor in that no complicated devices are necessary for maintaining a constant speed of revolution.
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-1999-00265&orgid=1
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Jan 26, 2027
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The Variable Density Tunnel in operation. Variable Density Tunnel 1923.
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Modified Ford truck with a Huck starter, shown starting a Vought VE-7 in 1926.
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-1997-00132&orgid=1
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Douglas O-2 Army Trainer in the markings of the ACTS-Air Corps Tactical School.
Topics: What -- Advanced Communication Technology Satellite (ACTS), Where -- Douglas
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-2002-00540&orgid=1
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This picture shows the dial of the torque dynamometer in the rear cockpit of the Vought VE-7 setup. An electric starter was used to start the engine. The starter which can be seen just in front of the fuselage (the large gear with the chain) was "secured to the entrance cone.... A hollow shaft with a pin meshing with a dog on the propeller shaft is driven by means of a chain from an electric motor. The whole unit is arranged to swing down clear of the air stream during a test." (NACA...
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This picture shows a Vought VE-7 airplane mounted on the test fuselage with an E-2 engine on the plate. The radiator is mounted independently of the engine and is not used for cooling. Cooling water is supplied and returned through rubber hose running back through the fuselage and down the rear post to the floor.
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-1999-00394&orgid=1
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Jun 22, 2026
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Early helicopter blade test setup.
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-1999-00389&orgid=1
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Jun 22, 2026
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Propeller Research Tunnel balance. Vought VE-7 airplane - set-up and balance details. Fred Weick and Donald Wood wrote in NACA TR No. 300: "The fixed knife edges on the bell cranks are seated on blocks bolted to a rectangular steel frame rigidly fastened to the floor. In addition, this frame is provided with knife edges, links, and counterweights which hold the triangular frame in a fixed lateral position. Screws are also provide for raising the triangular frame from the knife edges while...
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Equipment used for pressurizing the Variable-Density Tunnel (VDT): The VDT tunnel is on the right; the compressors are on the left. Figure 4 in the NACA Technical Report 227 (Part 2) identifies each piece of equipment visible in this diagram. Immediately visible in the lower left corner is the Booster Compressor. In the right rear (behind the tunnel) is Primary Compressor No. 1. (Primary Compressor No. 2 is not visible.) From NACA TR 227 (Part 2):"The air is compressed in two or three...
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A LMAL carpenter prepares full scale wings for flight research, 1920. Photograph published in Winds of Change, 75th Anniversary NASA publication (page 36), by James Schultz. Published in Engineer in Charge, NASA SP- 4305 (p. 82), by James R. Hansen.
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-2001-00373&orgid=1
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Navy NB-1 Boeing model suspended in the Atmospheric Wind Tunnel (AWT) #1.
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This color picture of Mars was made from three frames shuttered nine seconds apart by the Viking 1 Orbiter on June 18. Each of the three pictures was taken through a different filter - red, green and violet. Color reconstruction was done at the Image Processing Facility of the U. S. Geological Survey in Flagstaff, Arizona. Just below the center of the picture and near the morning terminator is the large impact basin Argyre. Interior of the basin is bright, suggesting ground frost or a ground...
Topics: What -- Mars, What -- Viking 1 Orbiter
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-2001-00436&orgid=1
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Oct 13, 2025
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Exterior views of the SC-1 Navy Seaplane in water.
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-2002-00572&orgid=1
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Apr 2, 2025
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The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA)'s first wind tunnel,Located at Langley Field in Hampton,VA,was an open-circuit wind tunnel completed in 1920. Essentially a replica of the ten-year-old tunnel at the British National Physical Laboratory, it was a low-speed facility which involved the one-twentieth-scale models. Because tests showed that the models compared poorly with the actual aircraft by a factor of 20, a suggestion was made to construct a sealed airtight chamber in...
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-1996-00142&orgid=1
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Jan 22, 2025
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Curtiss JN-4H "Jenny": In the spring of 1919 , these two Curtiss JN-4H Jennies, which served as NACA 1 and NACA 3 (foreground), prepare to take off from Langley Field. Many of these early flights were done to collect basic data which formed the basis for future research.
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-2002-00561&orgid=1
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Nov 24, 2024
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Martin MB-2: Most of the early aircraft flown by the NACA at Langley were smaller, pursuit type aircraft. One of the first large multi-engine types tested was this Martin MB-2 bomber.
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-2002-00574&orgid=1
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Aug 21, 2024
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Aug 21, 2024
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Vikers Viking Amphibian - biplane: Initially procured in 1921 by the U.S. Navy during their studies of foreign designs, the Vickers Viking IV became NACA 17 during its short period of study at Langley.
Topic: What -- Viking
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-2002-00571&orgid=1
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May 2, 2024
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May 2, 2024
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Meeting of the NACA main committee in the NACA conference room, Washington D. C., 1920. (from right to left) Charles D. Wolcott, Joseph S. Ames, William F. Durand. Fourth from left is Orville Wright. At the chalkboard is John F. Victory, the NACA secretary.
Topic: Where -- Washington
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-1999-00296&orgid=1
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Apr 28, 2023
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Apr 28, 2023
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Caption "Leigh Griffith, Langley's first engineer-in-charge, far right, receives, from his immediate right to his far right, visiting NACA members William F. Durand, John F. Hayford, and NACA secretary John F. Victory in front of the LMAL administration building.
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-1997-00139&orgid=1
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Mar 1, 2023
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Mar 1, 2023
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Vought VE-7: The Vought VE-7 was a two-seat trainer built primarily for the Navy. This NACA example, NACA 4, was Navy aircraft A-5669. NACA 4 was used for an investigation of slipstream velocities and for a comparison of propellers in flight compared to wind tunnel data.
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-2002-00562&orgid=1
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Mar 1, 2023
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Mar 1, 2023
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Fokker D.VII: The Fokker D.VII was one of the best fighter aircraft of World War I, and was the only weapon used by the Central Powers specifically mentioned in the Versailles Treaty. The Central Powers surrendered 142 at the close of the war, and the Fokker company sold even more to the U. S. Air Service. Several were flown at Langley Field, but this one was the sole example operated by the NACA.
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-2002-00564&orgid=1
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Jul 22, 2022
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Jul 22, 2022
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The hero of most NACA engineers was Orville Wright.
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-1997-00138&orgid=1
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Jul 9, 2022
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Goggles at the ready, this Langley test pilot and engineer conducted research business high above the ground. Photograph published in Winds of Change, 75th Anniversary NASA publication, by James Schultz (page 24). This photograph is also published in Engineer in Charge: A History of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, 1917-1958 by James R. Hansen (page 163). In the early years the flight research team was usually made up of a test pilot (Thomas Carroll, front cockpit) and an engineer (John W....
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-2000-00319&orgid=1
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Jun 21, 2022
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Jun 21, 2022
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Propeller Research Tunnel balance. Vought VE-7 airplane - set-up and balance details. Fred Weick and Donald Wood wrote in NACA TR No. 300: "The fixed knife edges on the bell cranks are seated on blocks bolted to a rectangular steel frame rigidly fastened to the floor. In addition, this frame is provided with knife edges, links, and counterweights which hold the triangular frame in a fixed lateral position. Screws are also provide for raising the triangular frame from the knife edges while...
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-1999-00392&orgid=1
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Apr 24, 2022
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Apr 24, 2022
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Interior view of 2 engineers working on Variable-Density Tunnel (VDT). Tunnel is not yet in operation. The entrance to the tank is through the elliptical door at the end of the tank.
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-1999-00267&orgid=1
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Apr 19, 2022
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Apr 19, 2022
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04-19-2022_CAPCOM-Call-Ax-1_Update
Topic: Ax-1 ACR Resource Reel
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Expedition 67 ACR Collection
Topic: Expedition 67 ACR Collection
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When a Hollywood star needs to know how being in weightlessness really effects the human body, who does he ask? If it’s Tom Cruise doing the asking, the answer is NASA astronaut Victor Glover, recently returned from a long-duration mission to the International Space Station. In this rebroadcast of a November 2021 conversation during the World Extreme Medicine conference, the two get into the details of how people in space adapt to microgravity in both daily activities and dynamic events,...
Topics: Tom Cruise, Victor Glover, International Space station
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Expedtiion_66_U.S._Spacewalk_79
Topic: Expedition 66 Resource Reel
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05-20-22_Space-to-Grounds.zip
Topic: Expedition 67 ACR Collection
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04-22-22_Space-to-Grounds.zip
Topic: Expedition 67 ACR Resource Reel
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iss067m261541214_Expedition_67_Progress_81_Docking_220603.mxf
Topic: Expedition 67 Resource Reel
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iss066m260611459_Expedition_66_Education_Inflight_Glenn_Research_Center_220302
Topic: Expedition 66 Resource Reel
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05-03-22_Space-to-Grounds.zip
Topic: Expedition 67 ACR Resource Reel
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jsc2022m000100_Axiom_Mission-1_Hatch_Open_Welcome_Ceremony_220409
Topic: Axiom Resource Reel
