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[Two Men with Lockheed 10B Electra]

[Two Men with Lockheed 10B Electra]

Title: [Two Men with Lockheed 10B Electra] ..Creator: Robert Yarnall Richie ..Date: March 1940..Place: Houston, Texas ..Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie Photograph Collection..Description: Two men looking at a ... More

X-1-3 Being Mated To EB-50A Superfortress

X-1-3 Being Mated To EB-50A Superfortress

(November 9, 1951) The third X-1 (46-064), known as "Queenie," is mated to the EB-50A (46- 006) at Edwards AFB, California. Following a captive flight on November 9, 1951, both aircraft were destroyed by fire d... More

[Lockheed 12A Electra Junior], Southern Methodist University collection

[Lockheed 12A Electra Junior], Southern Methodist University collectio...

Title: [Lockheed 12A Electra Junior]..Creator: Robert Yarnall Richie ..Date: March 1940..Place: Houston, Texas ..Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie Photograph Collection..Description: A Lockheed Model 12A Electra J... More

[Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar, Banking in Flight, James S. Abercrombie Company]

[Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar, Banking in Flight, James S. Abercrombie C...

Title: [Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar, Banking in Flight, James S. Abercrombie Company]..Creator: Robert Yarnall Richie ..Date: ca. 1947-1948..Place: Houston, Texas..Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie Photograph Colle... More

X-15 #2 just after launch. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

X-15 #2 just after launch. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

Description: The X-15 #2 (56-6671) launches away from the B-52 mothership with its rocket engine ignited. The white patches near the middle of the ship are frost from the liquid oxygen used in the propulsion sy... More

The Langley Aerodrome, NASA history collection

The Langley Aerodrome, NASA history collection

L90-4341: "The Langley Aerodrome, brainchild of a group led by Samuel Langley. Shortly after this photo was taken, the December 8, 1903, manned tests of the Aerodrome ended abruptly in failure, as it fell into ... More

Aircraft Wing Preparation, NASA history collection

Aircraft Wing Preparation, NASA history collection

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, NAS... More

Aircraft Wing Preparation, NASA history collection

Aircraft Wing Preparation, NASA history collection

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, NAS... More

XN2Y-1 in the 15-Foot Spin Tunnel

XN2Y-1 in the 15-Foot Spin Tunnel

Model of the XN2Y-1 for testing in 15-Foot Spin Tunnel. This was one of two balsa wood models (the other was a 1/12-scale model of the F4B-2) for initial testing and calibration of the new tunnel. Researchers w... More

NACA's First Wind Tunnel, NASA history collection

NACA's First Wind Tunnel, NASA history collection

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 tun... More

An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator conducts a touch and go landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77).

An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator conducts a tou...

ATLANTIC OCEAN (May. 21, 2013) An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator conducts a touch and go landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). The aircraft, nic... More

The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration (UCAS-D)  conducts flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).

The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration (UCAS-D) conducts ...

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 17, 2014) The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration (UCAS-D) conducts flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). The aircraft completed a serie... More

An X-47B unmanned combat air system (UCAS) demonstrator prepares to execute a touch and go landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77).

An X-47B unmanned combat air system (UCAS) demonstrator prepares to ex...

ATLANTIC OCEAN (May. 17, 2013) An X-47B unmanned combat air system (UCAS) demonstrator prepares to execute a touch and go landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). This i... More

An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator flies near the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77).

An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator flies near the...

ATLANTIC OCEAN (May. 14, 2013) An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator flies near the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). George H.W. Bush is the first aircraft carrier to successful... More

Variable-Density Tunnel, NASA history collection

Variable-Density Tunnel, NASA history collection

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 stre... More

Variable-Density Tunnel, NASA history collection

Variable-Density Tunnel, NASA history collection

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 coul... More

Fire in Variable Density Wind Tunnel

Fire in Variable Density Wind Tunnel

Fire gutted interior of Variable-Density Tunnel (VDT). On August 1, 1927 a major fire broke out inside the VDT. Clean-up, repair, redesign and reinstallation of equipment took about 8 months. From the Variable ... More

Ornithopter and inventor George R. White at Saint Augustine

Ornithopter and inventor George R. White at Saint Augustine

Local call number: PR00456..Corporate author: Underwood & Underwood...Title: [Ornithopter and inventor George R. White at Saint Augustine] . .Physical descrip: 1 photograph: b&w ; 10 x 8 in...General note: The... More

Ornithopter and creator George R. White at St. Augustine

Ornithopter and creator George R. White at St. Augustine

Local call number: PR00436..Corporate author: Underwood & Underwood...Title: [Ornithopter and creator George R. White at St. Augustine] ..Physical descrip: 1 photograph: b&w; 10 x 8 in...General note: Ornithopt... More

Sperry M-1 Messenger, NASA history collection

Sperry M-1 Messenger, NASA history collection

Sperry M-1 Messenger: The Sperry M-1 Messenger mounted for testing in the Propeller Research Tunnel, 1927. NASA Identifier: L2067

Ornithopter and creator George R. White at St. Augustine

Ornithopter and creator George R. White at St. Augustine

Local call number: PR00458..Corporate author: Underwood & Underwood...Title: [Ornithopter and creator George R. White at St. Augustine]..Physical descrip: 1 photograph: b&w; 10 x 8 in...General note: George R. ... More

Fire in Variable Density Wind Tunnel

Fire in Variable Density Wind Tunnel

Fire gutted interior of Variable-Density Tunnel (VDT). On August 1, 1927 a major fire broke out inside the VDT. Clean-up, repair, redesign and reinstallation of equipment took about 8 months. From the Variable ... More

Boeing PW-9, NASA history collection

Boeing PW-9, NASA history collection

This Boeing PW-9 was built with strong tail surfaces and fuselage for the systematic investigation of pressure distribution. Although the PW-9 designation would seem to mark a military aircraft, the NACA Boeing... More

Variable-Density Tunnel - Wind Tunnel #2

Variable-Density Tunnel - Wind Tunnel #2

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 eq... More

Propeller Research Tunnel - staff photo

Propeller Research Tunnel - staff photo

Standing on the PRT balance are five of the six men who comprised the majority of the PRT engineering staff in 1928. From left to right: Fred Weick, Ray Windler, William H. Herrnstein, Jr., John L. Crigler, and... More

USS Los Angeles, NASA history collection

USS Los Angeles, NASA history collection

Tunnel interior views of USS Los Angeles Airship. US Navy airship in flight. Tunnel installation set-up. The device mounted at the tower's apex made a turning radius measurement of the Navy Dirigible U.S.S. Los... More

Variable Density Tunnel - Wind Tunnel #2

Variable Density Tunnel - Wind Tunnel #2

View of the interior of the exit cone of the Variable-Density Tunnel (VDT) during its brief period of operation as an open throat design. After the fire, the VDT section engineers decided to convert the tunnel ... More

Fairchild FC-2W2 Instrument Panel

Fairchild FC-2W2 Instrument Panel

In aviation's youth, instrument panels and controls were models of simplicity - at least compared with those of modern aircraft. The cockpit illustrated is a Fairchild FC-2W2 from 1928. Photograph published in ... More

Charts/diagrams of the Variable Density Wind Tunnel

Charts/diagrams of the Variable Density Wind Tunnel

This diagram, based on a LMAL drawing from 1928, illustrates the Lab's plan for correcting the turbulent airflow that had plagued the original Variable Density Tunnel. Notice in particular the change from open-... More

Propeller Research Tunnel - staff photo

Propeller Research Tunnel - staff photo

Standing on the PRT balance are five of the six men who comprised the majority of the PRT engineering staff in 1928. From left to right: Fred Weick, Ray Windler, William H. Herrnstein, Jr., John L. Crigler, and... More

Variable Density Tunnel - Wind Tunnel #2

Variable Density Tunnel - Wind Tunnel #2

View of the interior of the exit cone of the Variable-Density Tunnel (VDT) during its brief period of operation as an open throat design. After the fire, the VDT section engineers decided to convert the tunnel ... More

Fairchild FC-2W2 Instrument Panel

Fairchild FC-2W2 Instrument Panel

In aviation's youth, instrument panels and controls were models of simplicity - at least compared with those of modern aircraft. The cockpit illustrated is a Fairchild FC-2W2 from 1928. Photograph published in ... More

Full-Scale Tunnel (FST), NASA history collection

Full-Scale Tunnel (FST), NASA history collection

Modified propeller and spinner in Full-Scale Tunnel (FST) model. 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 ... More

Full Scale Tunnel (FST), NASA history collection

Full Scale Tunnel (FST), NASA history collection

Installation of Full Scale Tunnel (FST) power plant. Virginia Public Service Company could not supply adequate electricity to run the wind tunnels being built at Langley. (The Propeller Research Tunnel was powe... More

Model of Full-Scale Tunnel (FST) under construction

Model of Full-Scale Tunnel (FST) under construction

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 obtain... More

Full-Scale Tunnel (FST) model. NASA public domain image colelction.

Full-Scale Tunnel (FST) model. NASA public domain image colelction.

Interior view of Full-Scale Tunnel (FST) model. 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... More

Model of Full-Scale Tunnel (FST) under construction

Model of Full-Scale Tunnel (FST) under construction

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 obtain... More

Full Scale Tunnel (FST), NASA history collection

Full Scale Tunnel (FST), NASA history collection

Installation of Full Scale Tunnel (FST) power plant. Virginia Public Service Company could not supply adequate electricity to run the wind tunnels being built at Langley. (The Propeller Research Tunnel was powe... More

Full-Scale Tunnel (FST) model. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

Full-Scale Tunnel (FST) model. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

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 obtai... More

Full-Scale Tunnel (FST) model. NASA public domain image colelction.

Full-Scale Tunnel (FST) model. NASA public domain image colelction.

Interior view of Full-Scale Tunnel (FST) model. 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... More

Full-Scale Tunnel (FST) model. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

Full-Scale Tunnel (FST) model. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

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 obtai... More

Variable Density Tunnel, Being Used by NASA Staff

Variable Density Tunnel, Being Used by NASA Staff

In 1922, at NASA Langley Research Center, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautic (NACA), completed the Variable Density Tunnel (VDT), the world's first wind tunnel in which air pressures could be varied... More

Model of Full-Scale Tunnel (FST) under construction

Model of Full-Scale Tunnel (FST) under construction

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 obtain... More

Schematic diagram of (VDT) - open throat design

Schematic diagram of (VDT) - open throat design

Schematic diagram of Variable-Density Tunnel (VDT) - open throat design. Eastman Jacobs and Ira Abbott note in NACA TR 416 (p. 305) that a serious fire destroyed the tunnel (not the steel shell) in August 1927.... More

Vought SU-2 Corsair, NASA history collection

Vought SU-2 Corsair, NASA history collection

Vought SU-2 Corsair: The Vought SU-2 Corsair was originally designated the O3U-4, but was reassigned to the scout category of naval aircraft. This SU-2 was tested in Langley's 30 x 60 Full Scale Tunnel in 1934.... More

Brewster Buffalo in Full Scale Wind Tunnel

Brewster Buffalo in Full Scale Wind Tunnel

Langley's drag-cleanup studies of the Brewster Buffalo experimental fighter in 1938 were so productive that the U.S. Army and Navy sent most of their World War II prototype and production aircraft to the Labora... More

Aircraft Engineering Conference 1934 - Full Scale Tunnel

Aircraft Engineering Conference 1934 - Full Scale Tunnel

Gathered together in the only facility big enough to hold them, attendees at Langleys 1934 aircraft Engineering Conference pose in the Full Scale Wind Tunnel underneath a Boeing P-26A Peashooter. Present, among... More

Vought O3U-1 "Corsair, NASA history collection

Vought O3U-1 "Corsair, NASA history collection

Vought O3U-1 "Corsair" in Full-Scale Tunnel (FST). This photograph was taken in September 1931 after the balance had been enclosed. This aircraft was also used earlier during the summer for preliminary tests in... More

Two-Dimensional Low-Turbulence Tunnel

Two-Dimensional Low-Turbulence Tunnel

Construction of the wood frame for the Two-Dimensional Low-Turbulence Tunnel. The Two-Dimensional Low-Turbulence Tunnel was originally called the Refrigeration or "Ice" tunnel because it was intended to support... More

Full-Scale Tunnel (FST), NASA history collection

Full-Scale Tunnel (FST), NASA history collection

Wing and nacelle set-up in Full-Scale Tunnel (FST). The NACA conducted drag tests in 1931 on a P3M-1 nacelle which were presented in a special report to the Navy. Smith DeFrance described this work in the repor... More

Full-Scale Tunnel (FST), NASA history collection

Full-Scale Tunnel (FST), NASA history collection

Wing and nacelle set-up in Full-Scale Tunnel (FST). The NACA conducted drag tests in 1931 on a P3M-1 nacelle which were presented in a special report to the Navy. Smith DeFrance described this work in the repor... More

7 x 10-Foot Atmospheric Wind Tunnel (AWT)

7 x 10-Foot Atmospheric Wind Tunnel (AWT)

Force Test set-up in 7 x 10-Foot Atmospheric Wind Tunnel (AWT). In 1928, the NACA decided to replace its original Atmospheric Wind Tunnel (AWT #1) with two tunnels--the 5-foot vertical tunnel and a 7 by 10 foot... More

7 x 10-Foot Atmospheric Wind Tunnel (AWT)

7 x 10-Foot Atmospheric Wind Tunnel (AWT)

Force Test set-up in 7 x 10-Foot Atmospheric Wind Tunnel (AWT). In 1928, the NACA decided to replace its original Atmospheric Wind Tunnel (AWT #1) with two tunnels--the 5-foot vertical tunnel and a 7 by 10 foot... More

7 x 10-Foot Atmospheric Wind Tunnel (AWT)

7 x 10-Foot Atmospheric Wind Tunnel (AWT)

Engineer is shown adjusting a test model of the Clark-Y airfoil #1 in 7 x 10-Foot Atmospheric Wind Tunnel (AWT). In 1928, the NACA decided to replace its original Atmospheric Wind Tunnel (AWT #1) with two tunne... More

Loening XSL-1, NASA history collection

Loening XSL-1, NASA history collection

Loening XSL-1: One of the first tests in the 30 x 60 Full Scale Tunnel was a performance evaluation of the Loening XSL-1 single engine seaplane, October 1931. The Loeining was designed as a collapsible scout fo... More

Full-Scale Tunnel (FST), NASA history collection

Full-Scale Tunnel (FST), NASA history collection

Wing and nacelle set-up in Full-Scale Tunnel (FST). The NACA conducted drag tests in 1931 on a P3M-1 nacelle which were presented in a special report to the Navy. Smith DeFrance described this work in the repor... More

5-Foot Vertical Wind Tunnel. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

5-Foot Vertical Wind Tunnel. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

Construction of 5-Foot Vertical Wind Tunnel. The 5-Foot Vertical Wind Tunnel was built to study spinning characteristics of aircraft. It was an open throat tunnel capable of a maximum speed of 80 mph. NACA engi... More

Models in towing basins/floats for seaplanes

Models in towing basins/floats for seaplanes

Construction of pontoon hull model to be tested in Tow Tank No. 1. This is a 1/6 full size model of the hull of a Navy PH-1 flying boat. Two typical tests were conducted and included in the first report describ... More

5-Foot Vertical Wind Tunnel. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

5-Foot Vertical Wind Tunnel. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

Construction of 5-Foot Vertical Wind Tunnel. The 5-Foot Vertical Wind Tunnel was built to study spinning characteristics of aircraft. It was an open throat tunnel capable of a maximum speed of 80 mph. NACA engi... More

8-Foot High Speed Tunnel (8-Foot HST)

8-Foot High Speed Tunnel (8-Foot HST)

Control panel below the test section of the 8-Foot High Speed Tunnel (8-Foot HST). Authorized July 17, 1933, construction of the 8-Foot HST was paid for with funds from the Federal Public Works Administration. ... More

8-Foot High Speed Tunnel (8-Foot HST)

8-Foot High Speed Tunnel (8-Foot HST)

Control panel below the test section of the 8-Foot High Speed Tunnel (8-Foot HST). Authorized July 17, 1933, construction of the 8-Foot HST was paid for with funds from the Federal Public Works Administration. ... More

8-Foot High Speed Tunnel. NASA public domain image colelction.

8-Foot High Speed Tunnel. NASA public domain image colelction.

Control panel below the test section of the 8-Foot High Speed Tunnel (8-Foot HST). Authorized July 17, 1933, construction of the 8-Foot HST was paid for with funds from the Federal Public Works Administration. ... More

5-foot Vertical Wind Tunnel. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

5-foot Vertical Wind Tunnel. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

The researcher is sitting above the exit cone of the 5-foot Vertical Wind Tunnel and is examining the new 6-component spinning balance. This balance was developed between 1930 and 1933. It was an important adva... More

8-Foot High Speed Tunnel. NASA public domain image colelction.

8-Foot High Speed Tunnel. NASA public domain image colelction.

Control panel below the test section of the 8-Foot High Speed Tunnel (8-Foot HST). Authorized July 17, 1933, construction of the 8-Foot HST was paid for with funds from the Federal Public Works Administration. ... More

Boeing P-26A, NASA history collection

Boeing P-26A, NASA history collection

The Boeing P-26A fighter mounted in the 30 x 60 Full Scale Tunnel in 1934. Nicknamed the "Peashooter," it was the first Army fighter to be constructed entirely of metal and to employ the low-wing monoplane conf... More

A black and white photo of a man standing in front of a plane. War Production FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a man standing in front of a plane. War Pro...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Annotation and military censor stamp on contact print accompanying negative. To identify this image it may help to search for images that have neighbor... More

Miscellaneous collection of photographs of aircraft production

Miscellaneous collection of photographs of aircraft production

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Model of the Navy Airship U.S.S. Akron

Model of the Navy Airship U.S.S. Akron

A 1/40th scale model of the navy airship U.S.S. Akron being prepared for aerodynamic testing on a ground board at zero degrees of yaw in the Full Scale Tunnel in 1935. NASA Identifier: L11344

12-Foot Free-Flight Tunnel 12 foot Free Flight Tunnel

12-Foot Free-Flight Tunnel 12 foot Free Flight Tunnel

Testing a 1/12th scale model of SBN-1 in the 12-Foot Free-Flight Tunnel: The 12-foot free-flight wind tunnel was constructed in 1939 to assist researchers studying the problems of stability and control. The des... More

Lockheed P–38J Lightning at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory

Lockheed P–38J Lightning at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory

The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory acquired two Lockheed P–38J Lightning in October 1944 to augment their burgeoning icing research program. The P–38 was ... More

Aircraft in the Flight Research Building at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory

Aircraft in the Flight Research Building at the Aircraft Engine Resear...

A Consolidated B–24D Liberator (left), Boeing B–29 Superfortress (background), and Lockheed RA–29 Hudson (foreground) parked inside the Flight Research Building at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautic... More

Planes flying over new streamliner

Planes flying over new streamliner

Local call number: PR09204..Title: Planes flying over new streamliner ..Date: 1939..Physical descrip: 1 photograph; b&w; 8 x 10 in...Series Title: Print collection..Repository: State Library and Archives of Flo... More

Radial Engines: Pratt & Whitney, NASA history collection

Radial Engines: Pratt & Whitney, NASA history collection

Radial Engines: Pratt & Whitney: In the spring of 1939 Langley's Power Plants Division tested a Pratt & Whitney R-1340 radial engine to determine the amount of thrust that could be obtained by projecting the wa... More

Lockheed YP-38 Lightning, NASA history collection

Lockheed YP-38 Lightning, NASA history collection

Lockheed YP-38 Lightning: Drag cleanup tests were conducted on the Lockheed YP-38 Lightning in the 30 x 60 Full Scale Tunnel in December, 1941. Later models of the P-38 performed stellar service in WW II, but a... More

19 Foot Pressure Tunnel, NASA history collection

19 Foot Pressure Tunnel, NASA history collection

6-Inch open throat wind tunnel design for the 19-Foot Pressure Tunnel (model constructed in 1936, photograph taken in 1940). NASA Identifier: L19306

Grumman XF8F-1 Bearcat, NASA history collection

Grumman XF8F-1 Bearcat, NASA history collection

Grumman XF8F-1 Bearcat: This Grumman Bearcat, the first, the XF8F-1, was tested for directional instability in Langley's 30 x 60 Full Scale Tunnel. NASA Identifier: L42397

Lockheed YP-38 Lightning, NASA history collection

Lockheed YP-38 Lightning, NASA history collection

Lockheed YP-38 Lightning: Drag cleanup tests were conducted on the Lockheed YP-38 Lightning in the 30 x 60 Full Scale Tunnel in December, 1941. Later models of the P-38 performed stellar service in WW II, but a... More

X-1, NASA history collection. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

X-1, NASA history collection. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

E-9XS-1 on the ramp with the B-29 mothership in 1949. This is the second XS-1 built; it later was converted into the X-1E. Unlike the XS-1-1, which was flown by the Air Force, the XS-1-2 was flown mostly by Bel... More

PV-1 model; rear view with 2 1/2' x 2 1/2' trubulene net mount in the 7x10ft w.t. at Ames Research Center ARC-1944-AAL-6167

PV-1 model; rear view with 2 1/2' x 2 1/2' trubulene net mount in the ...

PV-1 model; rear view with 2 1/2' x 2 1/2' trubulene net mount in the 7x10ft w.t. at Ames Research Center

Northrop P-61A-5 Black Widow (AAF42-5572)  Note:  Used in publication in Flight Research at Ames;  57 Years of Development and Validation of Aeronautical Technology NASA SP-1998-3300  fig 44 ARC-1969-A-6270

Northrop P-61A-5 Black Widow (AAF42-5572) Note: Used in publication ...

Northrop P-61A-5 Black Widow (AAF42-5572) Note: Used in publication in Flight Research at Ames; 57 Years of Development and Validation of Aeronautical Technology NASA SP-1998-3300 fig 44

Lockheed P-38 model in 40x80ft w.t. with revised twisted wing at 10 deg. (tuft studies) ARC-1942-AAL-2995

Lockheed P-38 model in 40x80ft w.t. with revised twisted wing at 10 de...

Lockheed P-38 model in 40x80ft w.t. with revised twisted wing at 10 deg. (tuft studies)

Curtiss XSO3C-1 Seagull, NASA history collection

Curtiss XSO3C-1 Seagull, NASA history collection

Curtiss XSO3C-1 Seagull: Although drag reduction was very important to radial engined aircraft, it was no less important to aircraft such as this inline Ranger powered Curtiss XSO3C-1 Seagull. Here the Seagull ... More

Navy aircraft. Gruman torpedo bombers. The Avenger. These dual purpose aircraft, already tested in battle, are the U.S. Navy's new torpedo-bombers, capable both of hedge-hopping waves to press home a torpedo attack and flying high above enemy targets to drop tons of high explosives. Manufactured to Gruman, these deadly bombers are heavily armed and armored. Generally they are given fighter protection, they are carrier based

Navy aircraft. Gruman torpedo bombers. The Avenger. These dual purpose...

Title devised by Library staff, from a related image of a C-54A Skymaster which had been erroneously given the above caption. Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 inches). Contact print either atta... More

Aircraft. Naval. The Navy's SBD light dive bomber is the counterpart of the Army's A-24 (Dauntless) with the differences that adapt it to Navy requirements. This Douglas plane is equipped with slotted wing flaps to decrease air speed and obtain greater bombing accuracy. It is more maneuverable than the German Stuka and is capable of carrying heavier bomb loads

Aircraft. Naval. The Navy's SBD light dive bomber is the counterpart o...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: Official U.S. Navy photo from OWI. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Ove... More

Bell XP–59A Airacomet in the Altitude Wind Tunnel

Bell XP–59A Airacomet in the Altitude Wind Tunnel

The secret test of the Bell YP–59A Airacomet in the spring of 1944 was the first investigation in the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory’s new Altitude Wind T... More

One year of reciprocal aid. Pilots of the U.S. Spitfire squadron in Great Britain are seen running to their planes. This aircraft with full complement of British fighter craft is one of hundreds turned over to the Americans by British government under reciprocal aid. Several of our fighter squadrons in North Africa fly Spitfires lend-leased to us. Some of the "Mae Wests" worn by the soldiers in this photograph were made of British material

One year of reciprocal aid. Pilots of the U.S. Spitfire squadron in Gr...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Image source: Official British photo. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer... More

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Another masterpiece of American mass production. A new consolidated transport, just off the assembly line of a Western aircraft plant, gets a final checkup preparatory to a test flight. This new transport, an adaptation of the B-24 bomber, is known as the C-87 and carries one of the greatest human or cargo loads of any plane now in mass production. It is built in a plant equipped with one of the best and most modern air conditioning and fluorescent lighting systems in the country

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Another masterpiece of A...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Parris Island. Marine Corps gliders. Leave it to the Marines to make the best of all the new fighting tools. Gyrene glider pilots in training at Page Field, Parris Island, South Carolina take a six-week course during which each student must complete 1000 successful takeoffs and landings. The plane is towing the three gliders

Parris Island. Marine Corps gliders. Leave it to the Marines to make t...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. A Negro employee at the flight ramp of North American's Inglewood, California, plant, tows a B-25 bomber into place. In addition to the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, this plant produces the P-51 "Mustang" fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. A Negro employee at the fli...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Parris Island. Marine Corps gliders. Leave it to the Marines to make the best use of all the new fighting tools. Gyrene glider pilots in training at Page Field, Parris Island, South Carolina take a six week course during which each student must complete 1000 successful takeoffs and landings

Parris Island. Marine Corps gliders. Leave it to the Marines to make t...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

A black and white photo of a small plane. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a small plane. Office of War Information Ph...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: Douglas Aircraft Company. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Pic... More

Production. B-25 bombers. It packs a wallop the Axis has felt. A new B-25 medium bomber nearing the end of a Western aircraft assembly line. General Doolittle calls it the best military plane in existence. Fairfax bomber plant, Kansas City

Production. B-25 bombers. It packs a wallop the Axis has felt. A new B...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

A black and white photo of a bunch of planes. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a bunch of planes. Office of War Informatio...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Giant consolidated transport ships nearing completion on the assembly line of a Western aircraft plant. These transports, adaptations of the B-24 bomber, carry one of the greatest human or cargo loads of any plane now in mass production

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Giant consolidated trans...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. B-17F heavy bombers. Busy workers at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company, groom a new B-17F heavy bomber as the "Flying Fortress." The B-17F is a later model of the B-17, which distinguished itself in action in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a long range, high altitude, heavy bomber with a crew of seven to nine men and with armament sufficient to defend itself on daylight missions

Production. B-17F heavy bombers. Busy workers at the Long Beach, Calif...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. B-25 bombers. New B-25 bombers lined up for final inspection and tests at the flying field of a Western Aircraft plant. General Doolittle, who flew in a B-25 in the raid on Tokyo, has called this ship the best military plane in existence. It performs brilliantly at its 25,000-foot ceiling. Fairfax bomber plant, Kansas City

Production. B-25 bombers. New B-25 bombers lined up for final inspecti...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A new Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane takes form on the production line. The wings and the Allison engines are already in place, and the ship now stands on its own wheels. It still requires many detail jobs before completion, but they are done rapidly under a well-ordered plan, and the plane will soon be rolled out for the fitting of propellers

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A new Lockheed P-38 pursuit ...

Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Parris Island. Marine Corps gliders. Marines at Page Field, Parris Island, South Carolina tune a new plane used by young leathernecks who will win the coveted title of "glider pilot" after they have successfully completed some 1000 takeoffs and landings during a six-week training course

Parris Island. Marine Corps gliders. Marines at Page Field, Parris Isl...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

A black and white photo of a plane on a runway. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a plane on a runway. Office of War Informat...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. A-20 attack bombers. Another Douglas A-20 attack bomber leaves the assembly line at the Long Beach, California, plant for transfer to the flight line and test flight before delivery to the Army. The A-20 is used by the American Air Force and the Royal Air Force (RAF) for hedge hopping and strafing operations against ground troops and installations--also for reconnaissance work and night fighting. It is armed with light and heavy caliber guns

Production. A-20 attack bombers. Another Douglas A-20 attack bomber le...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

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