Description (August 2, 1928) Vought O2U-1 Corsair: Suspended from the roof of the NACA's hangar at Langley Field, this Vought O2U-1 Corsair retains its float undercarriage, a contrast to other O2Us flown by the NACA which were operated on wheeled landing gear...Center: LARC.Image # : L-01577
NACA Aircraft in Hangar - Clockwise from front center: YF-84A, D-558-1, D-558-2, B-47, X-1 ship
20-Foot Spin Tunnel
Wind tunnel tests aircraft design. S.D. West of the aerodynamics section of the Bureau of Standards demonstrates the "wind tunnel" for testing aircraft design. Most airplanes submitted to the Department of Commerce for approval employ standard types of controls. To ascertain whether the safety of planes can be increased by small modifications of the controls, the Bureau makes studies of the performance of small airplane models in the "wind tunnel," 1/31
NACA Ames 7x10 Wind Tunnel
Vought O2U-1 Corsair
Sperry M-1 Messenger
Ret. Brig. GEN. Charles "Chuck" Yeager, the first man to break the sound barrier in-flight, left, discusses aerodynamics with Stan Barrett. A former Air Force medical technician, Barrett is the first man to break the sound barrier on land