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TABLE 10. Aeronautical Facilities 



Name or Brief 

 Description 



Location or 

 Country of 

 Ownership 



Wind Tunnels 



AERONAUTICAL FACILITIES 



NATIONAL TRANSONIC FACILITY 

 UNITARY PLAN WIND TUNNEL (Langely) 

 16-FOOT TRANSONIC WIND TUNNEL 

 TRANSONIC DYNAMICS TUNNEL 

 HYPERSONIC WIND TUNNEL COMPLEX 

 EIGHT-FOOT HIGH-TEMPERATURE HYPERSONIC 



WIND TUNNEL 

 EIGHT-FOOT TRANSONIC PRESSURE WIND TUNNEL 

 20-INCH MACH 6 WIND TUNNEL 

 HYPERSONIC WIND TUNNEL COMPLEX 

 LOW-SPEED WIND TUNNEL COMPLEX 

 UNITARY PLAN TUNNEL COMPLEX (Ames) 

 14-FOOT TRANSONIC WIND TUNNEL 

 6x6 SUPERSONIC WIND TUNNEL 

 3.5-FOOT HYPERSONIC WIND TUNNEL 

 8x6 TRAN/ SUPERSONIC WIND TUNNEL 

 10x10 UNITARY SUPERSONIC PROPULSION WIND 



TUNNEL 

 6x9-FOOT ICING RESEARCH TUNNEL (IRT) 

 AERODYNAMIC RESEARCH FACILITY 

 16-FOOT SUPERSONIC PROPULSION WIND TUNNEL 

 16-FOOT TRANSONIC PROPULSION WIND TUNNEL 

 VON KARMAN SUPERSONIC WIND TUNNELS 

 DTNSRDC TRANSONIC WIND TUNNEL 

 HYPERVELOCITY WIND TUNNEL NO. 9 

 V/STOL WIND TUNNEL 

 TRAN/ SUPERSONIC WIND TUNNEL 

 TWO-METER TRANSONIC WIND TUNNEL 



U.S. 

 U.S. 

 U.S. 

 U.S. 

 U.S. 



U.S. 

 U.S. 

 U.S. 

 U.S. 

 U.S. 

 U.S. 

 U.S. 

 U.S. 

 U.S. 

 U.S. 



U.S. 

 U.S. 

 U.S. 

 U.S. 

 U.S. 

 U.S. 

 U.S. 

 U.S. 

 U.S. 

 U.S. 

 Japan 



Structures R&D/Flight Testing 



STRUCTURES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FACILITY 

 COMPRESSOR RESEARCH FACILITY 

 AERONAUTICAL TEST RANGE 



U.S. 

 U.S. 

 U.S. 



Flight Simulators 



FLIGHT CONTROL DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY 

 DIFFERENTIAL MANEUVERING SIMULATOR 

 SIX-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM MOTION SIMULATOR 

 FLIGHT SIMULATOR FOR ADVANCED AIRCRAFT 

 VERTICAL MOTION SIMULATOR 

 PROPULSION SYSTEMS LABORATORY 

 ADVANCED SIMULATION CENTER 



U.S. 

 U.S. 

 U.S. 

 U.S. 

 U.S. 

 U.S. 

 U.S. 



