Evolution of the Airfoil, NASA history collection
Description The historical evolution of airfoil sections, 1908-1944. The last two shapes are low-drag sections designed to have laminar flow over 60 to 70 percent of chord on both the upper and lower surface...... More
Evolution of the Airfoil, NASA history collection
The historical evolution of airfoil sections, 1908-1944. The last two shapes are low-drag sections designed to have laminar flow over 60 to 70 percent of chord on both the upper and lower surface...Image # : L-1990-04334
Experimental Low-Drag Test Panel on Douglas B-18
Description (1941) In the spring of 1941 Langley installed an experimental low-drag test panel on the wing of a Douglas B-18 airplane. The panel was fitted with suction slots and pressure tubes for a free fligh... More
North American P-51B 'Mustang' fighter in flight over bay area. The P-...
North American P-51B 'Mustang' fighter in flight over bay area. The P-51 with its new laminar-flow wing sections developed by NACA was the first airplane selected for testing of airplane drag in flight and wind... More
Captain (Dr.) Bruce R. Harrison, working under the laminar flow steril...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Dick Johnson Release Status: Released to Pu... More
STS094-306-035 - STS-094 - CM-1 LSP - Crouch performs experiment at Ra...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: STS-94 payload specialist Roger Crouch performs the Laminar Soot Process (LSP) experiment at the Combustion Module (CM-1) located in Rack 8 of the Micro... More
STS094-306-036 - STS-094 - CM-1 LSP - Crouch performs experiment at Ra...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: STS-94 payload specialist Roger Crouch performs the Laminar Soot Process (LSP) experiment at the Combustion Module (CM-1) located in Rack 8 of the Micro... More
STS094-306-037 - STS-094 - CM-1 LSP - Crouch performs experiment at Ra...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: STS-94 payload specialist Roger Crouch performs the Laminar Soot Process (LSP) experiment at the Combustion Module (CM-1) located in Rack 8 of the Micro... More
Testing different configurations of distributed roughness elements on ...
Testing different configurations of distributed roughness elements on the Swept Wing Laminar Flow test article, seen suspended above, will allow NASA researchers to observe which distributions are most efficien... More