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Langley's 50th Year
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This video gives an historical overview of Langley Research Center's major achievements in aeronautics and astronautics research between the years 1917-1967. Historical footage accompanies explanation of research into wind tunnel, spin tunnel, and hydrodynamic test tanks for studying aircraft airflow, wartime research into overwater combat ditching, diving, and braking, the X series aircraft experiments with supersonic flight, helicopter and vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft, airport landing studies, and early prototypes for the Space Shuttle.
Citation: (2019). Langley's 50th Year. Headquarters. NASA NTRS ID 19940014507. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19940014507 ↗