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Langley Research Center Collection: The One-Inch Model Airplane

The One-Inch Model Airplane
A one-inch scale model of a typical supersonic airplane design is examined before being installed for sonic boom studies in the four foot supersonic tunnel at Langley Research Center of the National

Langley Research Center Collection: CFD Orbiter Model

CFD Orbiter Model
This is a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) computer generated Space Shuttle model. CFD has supplanted wind tunnels for many evaluations of aircraft

Langley Research Center Collection: Curtiss Bleeker Helicopter

Curtiss Bleeker Helicopter
In June of 1930 this Curtiss Bleeker Helicopter was photographed on the tarmac in front of the Langley hangar. The first successful helicopters, however, appeared in Europe later in the decade

Langley Research Center Collection: Shuttle Test Using Electron Beam

Shuttle Test Using Electron Beam
A space shuttle model undergoes a wind tunnel test in 1975. This test is simulating the ionized gasses that surround a shuttle as it reenters the atmosphere

Langley Research Center Collection: The Pitcairn Autogiro

The Pitcairn Autogiro
This Pitcairn Pa-1 autogiro was flown at Langley for the NACA investigation of an experimental cantalevered three-bladed rotor

Langley Research Center Collection: NASA Langley Magnetic Suspension / Balance System

NASA Langley Magnetic Suspension / Balance System
A shuttle model is magnetically suspended in the transparent hexagonal test section of the MIT/NASA Langley 6 inch MSBS. Massive power supplies are required to drive electromagnets for model position

Langley Research Center Collection: Turning Vanes

Turning Vanes
Turning vanes in the 16 Foot Tunnel at Langley

Langley Research Center Collection: McCulloch J-2 Aero Super Gyroplane

McCulloch J-2 Aero Super Gyroplane
The McCulloch J-2 was a gyroplane tested by NASA pilot James Patton in the summer of 1973. The J-2 was a revival of a concept first tested by the NACA at Langley with the Pitcairn PCA-2 autogiro

Langley Research Center Collection: OMEGA (One-Man Extravehicular Gimbal Arrangement)

OMEGA (One-Man Extravehicular Gimbal Arrangement) shown here permits unlimited freedom, and was designed around a parallel pair of 32-inch-diameter thin-line angular-contact bearings with half

Lunar Orbiter I Launch

Langley Research Center Collection: Lunar Landing Vehicle

Lunar Landing Vehicle
Vehicle for Lunar Landing Research Facility at Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia

Langley Research Center Collection: Supersonic Transport Model Miniature

Supersonic Transport Model Miniature
005 inch x 1 inch supersonic transport scale model for determining the propagation of sonic booms. The model appears to be similar to the Air Force XB-70 bomber

Langley Research Center Collection: Vertol VZ-2 (Model 76)

Vertol VZ-2 (Model 76)
Arriving at Langley from Edwards Air Force Base, Califorina in 1960, this Vertol VZ-2 (Model 76) underwent almost a year and a half of flight research before going back to the manufacturer for

Langley Research Center Collection: Weick W-1

Weick W-1
Fred Weick designed the W-1 with tricycle landing gear. It is shown here in the Full Scale Tunnel in March 1934

Langley Research Center Collection: Fairchild FC-2W2

Fairchild FC-2W2
The first aircraft purchased by the NACA was this Fairchild FC-2W2. Marked as " NACA 26, " this aircraft was the first to be flown in a NACA paint scheme

Langley Research Center Collection: Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart
Group photo on steps of Langley Research Building in 1928. front row, left to right: E.A. Meyers, Elton Miller, Amelia Earhart, Henry Reid, and Lt. Col. Jacob W.S. Wuest

Langley Research Center Collection: Curtiss Hawk with NACA Cowling

Curtiss Hawk with NACA Cowling in 1928

Langley Research Center Collection: Wright Apache

Wright Apache
Originally the Wright Apache had a propeller spinner over the hub and a metal jacket covering the crankcase and inner portions of its engine cylinders

Langley Research Center Collection: Curtiss JN-4 Jenny Aircraft With Model Wing Suspended

Curtiss JN-4 Jenny Aircraft With Model Wing Suspended
Active aircraft biplane, NACA , with model wing suspended during flight

Langley Research Center Collection: 16 Foot Transonic Tunnel Rehabilitation

16 Foot Transonic Tunnel Rehabilitation
Transonic tunnel fan blades, with light reflections. Grady McCoy is shown standing next to the fan blades

Langley Research Center Collection: Evolution of the Airfoil

Evolution of the Airfoil
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

Langley Research Center Collection: Langley First Wind Tunnel

Langley First Wind Tunnel
The honeycombed, screened center of this open-circuit air intake for Langleys first wind tunnel insured a steady, nonturbulent flow of air

Langley Research Center Collection: Little Joe Launch Vehicle

Little Joe Launch Vehicle
Launching of the Little Joe launch vehicle on October 4, 1959 took place at Wallops Island, Va. This was the first attempt to launch an instrumented capsule with a Little Joe booster

Langley Research Center Collection: Molded Astronaut Couches

Molded Astronaut Couches
Molded astronaut couches line the NASA Langley Research Centers model shop wall. The names of the test subjects (Langley employees) are written on the back

Langley Research Center Collection: RM-10 Research Model

RM-10 Research Model
Technician Durwood Dereng measures elevation of double Deacon booster prior to launch of RM-10 research model at Wallops, February 6, 1951

Langley Research Center Collection: North American XP-51 Mustang

North American XP-51 Mustang
The North American XP-51 Mustang was the first aircraft to incorporate an NACA laminar-flow airfoil. This is the second XP-51, which arrived at Langley in March 1943

Langley Research Center Collection: Mitsubishi A6M2

Mitsubishi A6M2
Captured at Akutan Island, Alaska, in August 1942. This Mitsubishi A6M2 fighter was the first " Zero" to fall intact into Allied hands during WW II

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