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Wind Tunnels

Langley researcher Elton W. Miller in Langley's Propeller Research Tunnel, 1927.

space exploration

100 Years of Rocketry and Research at NASA’s Langley Facility

See pioneering mathematicians, giant wind tunnels powered by submarine engines, and hypersonic rocket models.

Anika Burgess October 20, 2017

The propeller can currently be found in the Air and Space Museum.

Washington, D.C.

NASA Full Scale Wind Tunnel Propeller

While most wind tunnels test scale models, the "Cave of Winds" was large enough for actual airplanes.

Raeford, North Carolina

Paraclete XP Skyventure

The world's largest vertical wind tunnel.