Front view of the Avrocar on variable height struts in 40x 80 wind tunnel with overhead doors open.

3/4 front view of model in Ames 40x80 foot wind tunnel.

N-221 40x80ft wind tunnel control room

N-221 Ames 40x80ft Subsonic wind tunnel construction; Constant speed - motor generator set.

N-221 40x80ft Wind Tunnel Aero-Acoustic Modification progress on floor and on ceiling panels

N-221 40x80ft wind tunnel control room engineers read data printout

A model of the Ames Mars micromission concept aircraft is shown beside the Wright Flyer replica in the high bay of Ames 40x80ft. wind tunnel

A model of the Ames Mars micromission concept aircraft is shown beside the Wright Flyer replica in the high bay of Ames 40x80ft. wind tunnel

A model of the Ames Mars micromission concept aircraft is shown beside the Wright Flyer replica in the high bay of Ames 40x80ft. wind tunnel

A model of the Ames Mars micromission concept aircraft is shown beside the Wright Flyer replica in the high bay of Ames 40x80ft. wind tunnel

N-221 40x80ft wind tunnel control room Note: used for recruiting brochure

Battle Damage test conducted in the Ames 40x80ft. Subsonic Wind Tunnel, Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA on the Navy A-4B airplane (The delta winged, single-engined Skyhawk was designed and produced by Douglas Aircraft Company model I.d. Numbers 4906 and 3A244)

Bell X-22A full scale, Model-C ducted fan with semi-span mount. Duct at 90 degrees with Chuck Greco.

Ames Aerial - 40x80ft wind tunnel

40x80ft wind tunnel testing of a modification to a A-26B airplane (rockets, bomb and wing)

Space Shuttle A-100 installation in the NASA Ames 40x80ft Supsonic Wind Tunnel.

M-2 Lifting body 40x80ft Full Scale Wind Tunnel

General view of Ames Subsonic 40x80ft wind tunnel from atop of the Moffett Naval Airship Hangar One (with construction of the Ames 12ft Pressure Wind Tunnel in forground) July 17, 1944

VSTOL Fighter Model in the NASA Ames 40x80ft Subsonic Wind Tunnel. Test-537 with Mike Falarski & Ray Hafalia

XV-3 in Ames Reseach Center 40x80ft wind tunnel; Rotor dynamic stability tests

VSTOL Fighter Model in the NASA Ames 40x80ft Subsonic Wind Tunnel. Test-537 with Mike Falarski & Ray Hafalia

Space Shuttle Orbiter 101 model installation in the NASA Ames 40x80ft Subsonic Wind Tunnel. Test-462

40x80ft Wind Tunnel control room with technicians and engineers used in Ames Recruiting brochures 1979-1995

Q-Fan configuration in the Ames Research Center's 40x80ft. Subsonic Wind Tunnel with test engineer Mark Betzina.

X-14 NASA 704 Full Scale Airplane tests in 40x80ft. Wind Tunnel (NORMAL MOUNTING) jet inlets

40x80ft wind tunnel testing of a modification to a Douglas A-26B Invader airplane (rockets, bomb and wing)

XV-3 from rear in Ames Reseach Center 40x80ft wind tunnel with K Edenborough and B. Ramsey

Space Shuttle Orbitor Model (A-100) testing in the NASA Ames Research Center 40x80ft Subsonic Wind Tunnel

Army/Sikorsky Active Rotor Test TR40-019 in teh 40x80ft wind tunnel at Ames Research Center.

Construction of the Ames Full-Scale 40x80ft Wind tunnel. - side view of entrance cone, blimp in background

SCAT (Supersonic Commercial Air Transport) 15F, Test-332 in 40x80ft. Wind Tunnel

NASA/Army UH-60 Individual Blade Control (IBC) test on LRTA in 40x80ft. Wind Tunnel at Ames Research Center

E-7 STOVL fighter model testing in Ames 40x80ft Subsonic wind tunnel. Investigating Supersonic Short Take-off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) technology.

NASA/US Army Multcyclic test rotor in the Ames 40x80ft. Subsonic Wind Tunnel, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA with John Bouldt.

2-Prop. R.C.F. (Rotating Cylinder Flap) in 40 x 80ft. wind tunnel. - rear view with Chuck Greco.

2-Prop. R.C.F. (Rotating Cylinder Flap) in 40 x 80ft. wind tunnel. front view detail of flap

2-Prop. R.C.F. (Rotating Cylinder Flap) in 40 x 80ft. wind tunnel. 3/4 front view with Jim Weiberg Chuck Greco.

2-Prop. R.C.F. (Rotating Cylinder Flap) in 40 x 80ft. wind tunnel - overhead view propeller spinning with Chuck Greco.

Rigid Tilt Rotor Research: Boeing 26-ft. diameter proprotor on semi-span wing in Ames Research Center 40x80ft w.t. (Photo by Ames photographer Lee Jones; composite of test results by Ames Graphics)

2-Prop. R.C.F. (Rotating Cylinder Flap) in 40 x 80ft. wind tunnel. rear view detail of flap

2-Prop. R.C.F. (Rotating Cylinder Flap) in 40 x 80ft. wind tunnel. 3/4 front view propeller spinning with Chuck Greco.

N-221 40x80ft w.t. Test Section Acoustic Modification Project - wall installation

AVROCAR Annular Jet VTOL Airplane; 40x80ft w.t. tests

NASA Army UH-60 individual Blade Control (IBC) test-006 in the Ames 40x80Ft Subsonic Wind Tunnel (model configuration and microphone stands) Jeff Johnson (L) and Justin McLellan (R)

Motor and propeller blades in 40x80ft wind tunnel. Six 40-foot-diameter fans, each powered by a 6000-horsepower electric motor maintained airflow at 230 mph or less (these are still tornado velocities).

X-14 NASA 704 Full Scale Airplane tests in 40x80ft. Subsonic Wind Tunnel (NORMAL MOUNTING) with Sy Sewell, NASA (left) and Ed Varette, Army (right)

Sikorsky Bearingless Main rotor (SBMR) mounted on the Ames Rotor Test Apparatus (RTA) for testing in the NASA Ames 40x80ft Subsonic Wind Tunnel, test-584. Shown with NASA engineer Bob McMahon

Sikorsky Bearingless Main rotor (SBMR) mounted on the Ames Rotor Test Apparatus (RTA) during testing in the NASA Ames 40x80ft Subsonic Wind Tunnel, test-584. Rotors in motion.

XV-3 in Ames Reseach Center 40x80ft wind tunnel with K. Edenborough and B. Ramsey, engineers Published in The History of the XV-15 Tilt Rotor Research Aircraft (from Concept to Flight NASA SP-2000-4517)

XV-5A airplane installed in 40x80ft Subsonic Wind Tunnel at NASA Ames Research Center with Tom Mills. The propulsive lift system was tested to determine power-on performance characteristics in preparation for flight tests.

AST (Advanced Supersonic Technology) Propulsion Noise Research test on the F-15 model with nacelle in the 40x80ft Subsonic Wind Tunnel at Ames Research Center, Mt View, CA

NASA Army UH-60 individual Blade Control (IBC) test-006 in the Ames 40x80Ft Subsonic Wind Tunnel (model configuration and microphone stands) Jeff Johnson (L) and Justin McLellan (R)

X-14 NASA 704 Full Scale Airplane tests in 40x80ft. Wind Tunnel (NORMAL MOUNTING) with Sy Sewell, NASA (left) and Ed Varette, Army (right)

(07/07/1943) Construction view from inside the contraction framing of the 40x80 foot wind tunnel with a blimp flying in the background.

Color view of the Avrocar from overhead in the 40x80 wind tunnel, without A1:H73 mounted on variable height struts.

Wide shot of 40x 80 wind tunnel settling chamber with Lockheed XFV-1 model. Project engineer Mark Kelly (not shown). Remote controlled model flown in the settling chamber of the 40x80 wind tunnel. Electric motors in the model, controlled the counter-rotating propellers to test vertical takeoff. Test no. 71

Pratt & Whitney Advanced Ducted Propulsor (ADP) Engine Test-590 in the NASA Ames 40x80ft Subsonic Wind Tunnel. The Pratt & Whitney Advanced Ducted Prop (ADP) demonstrator undergoing acoustic and fan performance testing. ADP technology could lead to decreased fuel consumption and noise.

Pratt & Whitney Advanced Ducted Propulsor (ADP) Engine Test-590 in NASA Ames 40x80ft Subsonic Wind Tunnel. The Pratt & Whitney advanced ducted prop (ADP) demonstrator undergoing acoustic and fan performance testing. ADP technology could lead to decreased fuel consumption and noise.

Front 3/4 view of the Avrocar mounted on variable height struts in the Ames 40x80 foot wind tunnel, without tail.

Avrocar in the shop of the 40x80 foot wind tunnel with the 4 prop tilt wing model in the back ground.

Lift engine VSTOL fighter model, 3/4 lower front view showing jet engines exit vanes. Yarn tufts attached to horizontal tail.

(03/12/1943) Aerial view of the site from the 40x80 wind tunnel At NASA Ames Research Center. Site includes the 16 foot and 7x10 wind tunnels in the background. Building 200 also under construction. Framing for the drive fans of the 40x80 in scene.

Overhead view of Boeing Super Sonic Transport , wings un-swept.

(03/12/1976) 1/50 scale model of the 80x120 foot wind tunnel model (NFAC) in the test section of the 40x80 wind tunnel. Model viewed from the west, mounted on a rotating ground board designed for this test. Ramp leading to ground board includes a generic building placed in front of the 80x120 inlet.

Installation of the Douglas A-26B airplane in the 40x80 foot wind tunnel at NACA's Ames Research Center. Airplane being centered over tunnel opening.

Forward overhead view of lift fan transport model, with two, of a possible six, high pressure ratio wing lift fans. Lift Fan Model In 40 X 80 Wind Tunnel; Test 40-347

Publicity Shot of close up of Nacell, Drive Nacel and cooling vent in nose for wind tunnel in NACA Ames 40x80 foot Wind Tunnel.

3/4 front view from below of the Ryan FR-1 airplane mounted in the NACA Ames 40x80 foot wind tunnel. Production configuration.

Test No. 175 Kaman K-16 in 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel at Ames Research Center. Kaman K-16B was an experimental tilt wing aircraft, it used the fuselage of a JRF-5 and was powered by two General Electric YT58-GE-2A engines.

A-38524. Lift engine VSTOL fighter model, 3/4 top front view with jet engines. Edward Varerre, in picture.

3/4 Low front view of fuselage and fan. Showing jet engine hanging below. Lift fan powered by jet exhaust. General Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Research Model with High Disk Loading Direct Lifting Fan Mounted in Fuselage

Looking South from inside the diffuser of the 40x80 foot wind tunnel at NACA's Ames Research Center. Construction began in late 1941, the mammoth construction task sorely taxing the resources of the new center. Two and a half years later, in dune 1944, the 40 x 80-foot full-scale tunnel went into operation.

Space Shuttle SSV Orbiter Model A100 0.36 Scale In 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel. 3/4 lower rear view.

(02/18/1964) Apollo 3 Parachute cluster, flown vertically in 40x80 wind tunnel. Parachutes mounted on a control head with reels to vary the line lengths.

3/4 Low front view of fuselage and fan. Showing jet engine hanging below. Lift fan powered by jet exhaust.

Rear view of the Avrocar with tail, mounted on variable height struts. Overhead doors of the wind tunnel test section open. The first Avrocar, S/N 58-7055 (marked AV-7055), after tethered testing, became the "wind tunnel" test model at NASA Ames, where it remained in storage from 1961 until 1966, when it was donated to the National Air and Space Museum, in Suitland, Maryland.

3/4 view of model in cruise configuration with 25 deg. Sweep, AR=6.9. SCAT-16; Variable Sweep Model in 40x80 Wind Tunnel at NASA Ames.

(Test 460) deHavilland Augmentor Wing 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel.

F-14A fighter model lifted from the shop floor of the 40 x 80 foot wind tunnel. 3/4 scale

Langley Parawing 3/4 front view flying vertically in 40 x 80 wind tunnel.

Testing the wing boundary layer control of the A3D in the 40 x 80 wind tunnel. Boundary layer control was added to increase the lift of the wing for aircraft carrier take off and landing.

Avrocar Annular Jet VTOL Airplane in Ames 40x80 foot Wind Tunnel.

Top rear view of the avrocar with tail. Tufts (pieces of yarn) attached to top of horizontal tail. Avrocar mounted on variable height struts.

Front 3/4 view of the Avrocar mounted on variable height struts in the Ames 40x80 foot wind tunnel, without tail.

Concrete frame enclosing the fan drive bents of the 40x80 foot wind tunnel at ames. Once installed, six 40-foot-diameter fans, each powered by a 6000-horsepower electric motor maintained airflow at 230 mph or less (these are still tornado velocities).

Supersonic transport model test in 40x80 foot wind tunnel, 3/4 overhead view of model in shop floor. 04/06/1961 R 975 T

Helicopter view showing west area, south San Francisco Bay in background

3/4 front view (low sweep) Francis Mallerick shown in picture.

First airplane tested in the ames 40 x 80 foot wind tunnel. Douglas XSB2D-1 (Destroyer) hanging from overhead crane above the test section.

Northrop N9M-2 airplane; 3/4 front view from above.

(11/12/1971) 3/4 rear view of swept 75% scale augmentor wing quest model being installed into the test section of the Ames 40x80 foot wind tunnel, overhead doors open.

High 3/4 top front view of model in Ames 40x80 foot wind tunnel. Bob Bishop in lower right. Delta Wing with Conard.

Test section of the Ames 40 x 80 foot wind tunnel with the overhead doors open. XSB2D-1 airplane being lowered onto the struts by the overhead crane. Mechanics and engineers on orchard ladders aligning the model with ball sockets on the struts. The Douglas BTD Destroyer was an American dive/ torpedo bomber developed for the United States Navy during World War II.

Looking south at the construction of the test section of the 40 x 80 foot wind tunnel. 4 parts of a test section bent seen in the foreground. Airship rising in the background.

NACA Ames 40x80 foot wind tunnel (South West).

3/4 lower rear view of Controllable Twist Rotor (CTR) test of 4 blade helicopter model. Pictures with Ben Mandwyler Andy Lemnios, in 40x80 foot wind tunnel. Small flaps on rotor blades.

3/4 front view of Avrocar without tail, showing ground board and variable height struts. The ground board minimizes the boundary layer on the floor under the model. black and white negative: KODAK T-MAX 100 Professional. SBA settings neutral SBA on, color SBA on

Application of blowing type boundry-layer control to the leading and trailing edge flaps of a 52 deg swept wing. 3/4 view of Aspect Ratio 2.8, taper ratio .17, 45 deg swept back wing model -3/4 front view

Avrocar with ground board and variable height struts and no tail. Can see focusing ring that controlled the peripheral jet.

SCAT-15F supersonic transport model, lower 3/4 front view.