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Thu, 25 Jun 2015 13:00:00 +0000

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aerodynamics

Boeing Milestones of Flight

Langley

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Milestones of Flight

NACA

NASA

Wind Tunnel

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The Scene: A new wind tunnel, the NACA Full Scale Tunnel at the NACA Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, Hampton, Virginia The Time: May 27, 1931 The Action: A Navy Vought O3U-1 “Corsair II” –the whole airplane—is mounted in the wind tunnel. The airplane engine is turned on, and shortly the airplane is “flying” at 120&#160; &#160;<a href="http://blog.nasm.si.edu/history/full-scale-wind-tunnel/">...Continue Reading</a>

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