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Story of NASA Ames and its 80×120-foot wind tunnel that changed future of flight

In contrast, the United States continues to rely on Ames’ NFAC for low-speed, full-scale testing, complemented by the Unitary ...
Truckinginfo

Freightliner Opens Full-Scale Wind Tunnel

Freightliner LLC has opened North America’s only full-scale wind tunnel built solely for testing heavy and medium-duty trucks. The 12,000-square-foot facility, located near the company’s Portland, Ore ...
The Virginian-Pilot

Langley’s pioneering Full-Scale Wind Tunnel helped win World War II

When work on the world’s first full-scale wind tunnel got underway at Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory in January 1930, some people saw the giant, $1 million project as just another case of ...
IFLScience

Norway Wants To Build The World's First Full-Scale Ship Tunnel

Okay okay, hear us out. Norway is planning to build what is apparently the world’s first full-scale ship tunnel. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the ...
The Virginian-Pilot

Pictures: How Langley and its pioneering Full-Scale Wind Tunnel helped win WWII.

After its completion in 1931, Langley’s mammoth 30-by-60-foot Full-Scale Tunnel ranked as the largest in the world for 15 years, and the round-the-clock drag clean-up program it conducted before and ...