Ames Aernautical Laboratory aerial; 7x10's and 16ft wind tunnels, N-219, N-220 and construction shack

NACA Photographer - 16ft High Speed Wind Tunnel downstream view through cooling tower section

XP-51B airplane in 16ft wind tunnel with test engineer

Date: Nov 9, 1940 Aerial view of Ames Aeronautical Laboratory showing Flight Research Lab and Construction of 16ft wind tunnel

North American P-51B 1/3 scale model with dummy airspeed booms & mounted on thin struts in 16ft w.t.

3/4 rear view of a XP-51B airplane mounted in the 16ft w.t. (Ames contribution to the solution of the duct-rumble problem)

3/4 front view of modified production scoop on XP-51B airplane mounted in the 16ft w.t. (Ames contribution to the solution of the duct-rumble problem)

P-51 airplane model in the NACA Ames Research Center Transonic 16ft w.t.

P-51 airplane model in the NACA Ames Research Center Transonic 16ft wind tunnel

Computers' at work in 16ft wind tunnel - calculating test data

Computers' at work in 16ft wind tunnel - calculating test data

North American P-51B tuft studies done in the NACA Ames Research center 16ft Transonic Wind Tunnel Radiator air scoop with oil and prestone cooler exit flaps in flush position.

Computers' at work in 16ft wind tunnel - calculating test data - reading manometer board

Army Air Photo Ames Aeronautical Laboratory construction progress showing two (2) 7x10ft wind tunnels, the 16ft wind tunnel, Technical and Electrical Services Buildings and the construction shack. (Ref: 0-34)

Ames Aeronautical Research Laboratory aerial shows original flight research hangar in foreground, the two 7x10ft w.t. the 16ft w.t. and Admin buildings NOTE: printed in NASA Ames Publications: Adventures in Research - SP-4320; Searching the Horizon - SP 4304; 57 Years - Flight Research at AMES - NASA SP-1998-3300

NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory aerial; 16ft, 7X10ft#1, 7x10ft#2 wind tunnels, Technical Services Bldg N-220, Utilities later Electrical Services Bldg N-219 and construction on the Science Laboratory, later Engineering Services Bldg N-203