A full-scale model of the Vought SB2U-1 Vindicator is used in drag reduction research in Langley’s 30 x 60 Full Scale Tunnel in September 1937. (NASA Photograph.)
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A Boeing B-29 Superfortress used by NACA for engine cooling research in June 1944. (NASA Photograph.)
A German Jumo 004 engine with cover removed is inspected at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in March 1946. (NASA Photograph.)
In-flight testing of a ramjet mounted on a Northrop P-61 Black Widow at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory (AERL) of NACA. The AERL is now part of NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Ohio. (NASA Photograph.)
F-51D Mustang at Rogers Dry Lake at the NACA High-Speed Flight Station in 1955. (NASA Photograph.)
Ice on the fuselage and propellers of a test aircraft in the Icing Research Tunnel at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in March 1945. (NASA Photograph.)