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Man in Space A National Historic Landmark Theme Study

Full Scale Tunnel

Interior view of test section with Vought O3U-1 Airplane, 1931.
(Photo by NACA, NASA/Langley Research Center Archives)

Interior view of test section with submarine Albacore, 1950.
(Photo by NACA, NASA/Langley Research Center Archives)

Modern interior view of test section, 1978.
(Photo by NASA, NASA/Langley Research Center Facilities Office)

Modern view of the two four-blade fans that power the Full Scale Tunnel, 1983.
(Photo by NASA, NASA/Langley Research Center Facilities Office)

Plan and elevation sketch of the Langley full-scale tunnel.
(Source: Characteristics of Nine Research Wind Tunnels of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory,
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics)

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