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1 U.S. Response to Changing Facility Requirements
Pages 9-12

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... Motivated by the desire to overcome these challenges, NACA worked with the War Department to establish its first research center at Langley Field, the predecessor to NASA's Langley Research Center. While building its first wind tunnel at Langley, NACA conducted research using available resources, including wind tunnels at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Washington Navy Yard, and the future site of Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio.
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... Air Force Arnold Engineering Development Center, were christened to support continued aeronautics research and development following the close of World War H HISTORICAL IMPACT OF GROUND TESTING One of the first great advances in aeronautics that can be directly attributed to wind tunnels was the NACA cowling, which was developed during the 1920s to fit over the radial cylinders of a reciprocating aircooled engine.
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... Air Force Arnold Engineering Development Center. HISTORICAL SUMMARY Advanced ground test facilities have enabled the design of increasingly advanced civil and military aircraft at every stage of technology from World War T until the present, and they are expected to remain a key too!
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... 1992a. Future Aerospace Ground Test Facility Requirements for the Arnold Engineering Development Center.
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