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Wind Tunnels Used in Aircraft Design, WW2 to Present
In the first photo, German scientists are seen testing a Messerschmitt Bf 109 in a wind tunnel, circa 1940. In the second, a Loening SCL-1 seaplane is being tested in 1931 at Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA. The tiny item in the lower left of the giant exit duct is a crouching engineer! Color photos show the San Diego Wind Tunnel facility, built in 1947. It has been updated over the decades and remains in...
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