New summer of ISU exhibits at the NASA Ames Exploration Center )design...
New summer of ISU exhibits at the NASA Ames Exploration Center )designed by Planners Collaborative, Inc.)
MoonFest: From Apollo to LCROSS and Beyond public event at NASA'S Ames...
MoonFest: From Apollo to LCROSS and Beyond public event at NASA'S Ames Researc Center, Moffett Field, Calif. The day included scientific talks, model rocket launches on the flight line, musical performances, fa... More
Dr George W. Lewis, NACA Director of Aeronautical Research (1929-1947...
Dr George W. Lewis, NACA Director of Aeronautical Research (1929-1947) first visit to Ames Lab: L-R; John Parsons, William Mc Avoy, Donald H. Wood, Dr. Lewis, S. J. DeFrance, Author B. Freeman, Carlton Bioletti
Dr. Joseph S. Ames, Chairman of National Advisory Committee for Aerona...
Dr. Joseph S. Ames, Chairman of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics from 1927 to 1939. art by H.E. Lorentz November 1943
View of USS AKRON, Ruth Soule' Johnson (Mrs. Vicotor A Hermann) in lo...
View of USS AKRON, Ruth Soule' Johnson (Mrs. Vicotor A Hermann) in lower center (from private collection gifted to NASA Ames)
Construction of Hangar One at NAS Sunnyvale circa 1932 - 1934 photos ...
Construction of Hangar One at NAS Sunnyvale circa 1932 - 1934 photos provied from private collection with permission to use by NASA Ames Research Center
Construction at NAS Sunnyvale later remamed NAS Moffett Field circa 1...
Construction at NAS Sunnyvale later remamed NAS Moffett Field circa 1933 - 1934 photos provied from private collection with permission to use by NASA Ames Research Center
Circa 1938 Aerial of Ames Research Center - Moffett Field and area ARC...
Circa 1938 Aerial of Ames Research Center - Moffett Field and area
Circa 1938 Aerial of Ames Research Center - Moffett Field and area ARC...
Circa 1938 Aerial of Ames Research Center - Moffett Field and area
Sometime in 1938 Aerial of Ames Research Center - Moffett Field and Ar...
Sometime in 1938 Aerial of Ames Research Center - Moffett Field and Area
Installation of the Douglas XSB2D-1 in the Test Section of the 40x80 F...
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 mod... More
Army Air Photo General view looking east at Ames construction progress...
Army Air Photo General view looking east at Ames construction progress
Mounting Douglas SB-2D Airplane in 40x80 foot Wind Tunnel at NACA Ames...
XSB2D-1 First test (no number) Aerodynamic test to forecast the take off distance. George Cooper was the A1:H73 pilot. Orchard ladders were used to access the ball socket attachments on the struts. Don Richey
Date: Nov 9, 1940 Aerial view of Ames Aeronautical Laboratory showing ...
Date: Nov 9, 1940 Aerial view of Ames Aeronautical Laboratory showing Flight Research Lab and Construction of 16ft wind tunnel
P-51 airplane model in the NACA Ames Research Center Transonic 16ft w....
P-51 airplane model in the NACA Ames Research Center Transonic 16ft w.t.
P-51 airplane model in the NACA Ames Research Center Transonic 16ft wi...
P-51 airplane model in the NACA Ames Research Center Transonic 16ft wind tunnel
Army Air Photo - General view looking west at Ames Aeronautical Labora...
Army Air Photo - General view looking west at Ames Aeronautical Laboratory construction progress
XB-32 model wing with 15% chord sealed gap aileron. Flaps extended to ...
XB-32 model wing with 15% chord sealed gap aileron. Flaps extended to 40 degrees. The first wind-tunnel report published by Ames Covered the XB-32 Test in the 7-by-10 No. ! and was authored by Roy P. Jackson a... More
NACA Ames Photograpeher Lockheed P-38 model in 40x80ft w.t. with revis...
NACA Ames Photograpeher Lockheed P-38 model in 40x80ft w.t. with revised twisted wing at 11 deg. (tuft studies)
O-47A airplane arrival at Ames Aeronautical Lab The O-47A was Ames fir...
O-47A airplane arrival at Ames Aeronautical Lab The O-47A was Ames first test plane
The original construction shack at Ames is featured in this view looki...
The original construction shack at Ames is featured in this view looking toward the southwest. Navy housing and buildings, still being utilized, can be observed in the center background.
NACA Photographer Douglas XSB2D-1 model WBHV-t in 7x10ft w.t. at Ames ...
NACA Photographer Douglas XSB2D-1 model WBHV-t in 7x10ft w.t. at Ames Research Center, CA 3/4 right front view
Panarama from Navy air ship dock showing NACA Ames grounds ARC-1943-AA...
Panarama from Navy air ship dock showing NACA Ames grounds Public domain photograph of industrial building, landscape, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
NACA Ames Research Center 7x10_foot Wind Tunnel test of the Douglas XS...
NACA Ames Research Center 7x10_foot Wind Tunnel test of the Douglas XSB2D-1 model
Vega XPV-2 complete model testing in the 7x10ft w.t. @ Ames Research C...
Vega XPV-2 complete model testing in the 7x10ft w.t. @ Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
BT2D-1 Airplane lowering into the 40x80 foot Wind Tunnel at Ames.
Test #9. Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
PV-1 model; rear view with 2 1/2' x 2 1/2' trubulene net mount in the ...
PV-1 model; rear view with 2 1/2' x 2 1/2' trubulene net mount in the 7x10ft w.t. at Ames Research Center
O-47A Airplane - first test airplane at Ames ARC-1969-M-1045
O-47A Airplane - first test airplane at Ames Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
NACA Photographer - North American XP-51B Airplane with outer wing pan...
NACA Photographer - North American XP-51B Airplane with outer wing panels removed and ready for testing in Ames 16 foot wind tunnel.
Construction of Ames 40x80ft Subsonic Full Sscale Wind Tunnel; Approa...
Construction of Ames 40x80ft Subsonic Full Sscale Wind Tunnel; Approach to entrance cone looking north. Navy Blimp seen through opening.
Northrop P-61A-5 Black Widow (AAF42-5572) Note: Used in publication ...
Northrop P-61A-5 Black Widow (AAF42-5572) Note: Used in publication in Flight Research at Ames; 57 Years of Development and Validation of Aeronautical Technology NASA SP-1998-3300 fig 44
Towing installations on P-51 and P-61 airplanes for propeller off test...
Towing installations on P-51 and P-61 airplanes for propeller off tests on the P-51. Rear view of P-61 in towing position preparing for take off at NACA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California
Towing installations on P-51 airplane for propeller off tests on the P...
Towing installations on P-51 airplane for propeller off tests on the P-51 Front view of P-51 in towing position with P-61A preparing for take off at NACA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California
Towing installations on P-51 and P-61 airplanes for propeller off test...
Towing installations on P-51 and P-61 airplanes for propeller off tests on the P-51 Front view of P-51 & P-61 in towing position preparing for take off at NACA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California
XA-39 model mounted for testing in the 7x120ft w.t. at Ames Research C...
XA-39 model mounted for testing in the 7x120ft w.t. at Ames Research Center, California, props spinning.
W.H. MCAVOY AMES TEST PILOT RETURNING FROM AN EARLY FLIGHT OF FIRST TE...
W.H. MCAVOY AMES TEST PILOT RETURNING FROM AN EARLY FLIGHT OF FIRST TEST AIRPLANE AT AMES, A NORTH AMERICAN O-47
P-61A Airplane at NACA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California...
P-61A Airplane at NACA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California
Army Air Photo General view looking south at Ames construction progres...
Army Air Photo General view looking south at Ames construction progress
A new three-place North American O-47A observation airplane with Army ...
A new three-place North American O-47A observation airplane with Army Air Corps marking was the first ircraft to arrive at Ames. The Circular antenna on top of the canopy is for direction finding. A close look... More
Army Air Photo Ames Aeronautical Laboratory construction progress show...
Army Air Photo Ames Aeronautical Laboratory construction progress showing two (2) 7x10ft wind tunnels, the 16ft wind tunnel, Technical and Electrical Services Buildings and the construction shack. (Ref: 0-34)
P-61A Airplane at NACA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California...
P-61A Airplane at NACA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California
O-47A Airplane - first test airplane at Ames ARC-1969-M-1046
O-47A Airplane - first test airplane at Ames Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
April 9, 1940 Ames personnel ARC-1969-M-308
April 9, 1940 Ames personnel Public domain photograph - group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
AMES STAFF STANDING IN FRONT OF THE NEW FLIGHT RESEARCH BUILDING. FROM...
AMES STAFF STANDING IN FRONT OF THE NEW FLIGHT RESEARCH BUILDING. FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: FIRST ROW: M.U. NETTLE, M.A. WILLEY, M.H. DAVIES, M.W. ST. JOHN, S.J. DEFRANCE, E.R. SHARP, M.G. POOLE, V. BURGESS, R.A. PIP... More
Mounting Douglas XSB2D-1 Airplane In 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel.
First airplane tested in the ames 40 x 80 foot wind tunnel. Douglas XSB2D-1 (Destroyer) hanging from overhead crane above the test section. Don RIchey
Ames Aeronautical Research Laboratory aerial shows original flight res...
Ames Aeronautical Research Laboratory aerial shows original flight research hangar in foreground, the two 7x10ft w.t. the 16ft w.t. and Admin buildings NOTE: printed in NASA Ames Publications: Adventures in... More
NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory aerial; 16ft, 7X10ft#1, 7x10ft#2 win...
NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory aerial; 16ft, 7X10ft#1, 7x10ft#2 wind tunnels, Technical Services Bldg N-220, Utilities later Electrical Services Bldg N-219 and construction on the Science Laboratory, later E... More
NACA photographer Ice Reearch being conducted at NACA Ames Aeronautica...
NACA photographer Ice Reearch being conducted at NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory on a Lockheed 12-A, NACA 97; test #4, ice on tell-tale strut in flight
Ames Aernautical Laboratory aerial; 7x10's and 16ft wind tunnels, N-21...
Ames Aernautical Laboratory aerial; 7x10's and 16ft wind tunnels, N-219, N-220 and construction shack
NACA Photographer 7x10ft Wind Tunnel and Lab #2 construction at the Am...
NACA Photographer 7x10ft Wind Tunnel and Lab #2 construction at the Ames Research Center, California
NACA Photographer Construction of the 7x10ft Wind Tunnel and Lab #2 at...
NACA Photographer Construction of the 7x10ft Wind Tunnel and Lab #2 at the Ames Research Center, California
Construction of the 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel at Ames.
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... More
NACA Photographer NASA Ames De-icing project: diagram of the systems u...
NACA Photographer NASA Ames De-icing project: diagram of the systems using exhaust-heated air to prevent icing on the Lockheed 12A wings Published: Adventures in Research SP-4302
NACA Photographer N-216; 7x10ft#2 Wind Tunnel being constructed at the...
NACA Photographer N-216; 7x10ft#2 Wind Tunnel being constructed at the Ames Research Center, California
NACA photographer General view test chamber in the 7x10ft wind tunnel ...
NACA photographer General view test chamber in the 7x10ft wind tunnel at NASA Ames Research center with test engineers
3/4 rear view of a XP-51B airplane mounted in the 16ft w.t. (Ames co...
3/4 rear view of a XP-51B airplane mounted in the 16ft w.t. (Ames contribution to the solution of the duct-rumble problem)
Early aerial of the NASA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory ARC-1943-AAL-408...
Early aerial of the NASA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft development, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
North American P-51B tuft studies done in the NACA Ames Research cente...
North American P-51B tuft studies done in the NACA Ames Research center 16ft Transonic Wind Tunnel Radiator air scoop with oil and prestone cooler exit flaps in flush position.
Aerial view of Ames Aeronautical Laboratory (with blimps in flight ove...
Aerial view of Ames Aeronautical Laboratory (with blimps in flight over Moffett runway)
Ames aerial view of Ames Aeronautical Laboratory plot looking northeas...
Ames aerial view of Ames Aeronautical Laboratory plot looking northeast with blimp in flight over Moffett Naval airstation.
Full Scale Tunnel Motors Under Construction.
(07/07/1943) Construction view from inside the contraction framing of the 40x80 foot wind tunnel with a blimp flying in the background. Don Richey
Aerial View Of The Site From The 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel At Nasa Ames R...
(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 f... More
Ames Aeronautical Laboratory skyline from Akron Road ARC-1943-AAL-3936
Ames Aeronautical Laboratory skyline from Akron Road
Construction of the Ames Full-Scale 40x80ft Wind tunnel. - side view o...
Construction of the Ames Full-Scale 40x80ft Wind tunnel. - side view of entrance cone, blimp in background
3/4 front view of modified production scoop on XP-51B airplane mounted...
3/4 front view of modified production scoop on XP-51B airplane mounted in the 16ft w.t. (Ames contribution to the solution of the duct-rumble problem)
Ames mechanics working on C-46 airplane in front of hangar ARC-1943-AA...
Ames mechanics working on C-46 airplane in front of hangar
De-icing Research conducted at the NASA Ames Research Center. Icing fl...
De-icing Research conducted at the NASA Ames Research Center. Icing flight test on C-46 airplane (flight 29 11:25am to 12:50 am) glaze ice on loop antenna co-pilots airspeed mast.
Avion MX-365 (XP-79) Wing 7x10ft w.t. @ Ames Research Center, Moffett ...
Avion MX-365 (XP-79) Wing 7x10ft w.t. @ Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
General view of Ames Aeronautical Laboratory taken from Naval airship ...
General view of Ames Aeronautical Laboratory taken from Naval airship hangar. Shows construction of the 12ft Pressure Wind Tunnel with large cranes.
Towing installations on P-51 and P-61 airplanes for propeller off test...
Towing installations on P-51 and P-61 airplanes for propeller off tests on the P-51 Front view of P-51 & P-61 in towing position preparing for take off at NACA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California
Ames Aeronautica Laboratory Dedication ceremonies; Dr. Lewis and Smity...
Ames Aeronautica Laboratory Dedication ceremonies; Dr. Lewis and Smity DeFrance, Director, Ames Research Center standing in front of shock-wave picture.
NASA Ames Research Center's 1x3 1/2ft wind tunnel (to illustrate 1946 ...
NASA Ames Research Center's 1x3 1/2ft wind tunnel (to illustrate 1946 budget)
N-221 Ames 40x80ft Subsonic wind tunnel construction; Constant speed -...
N-221 Ames 40x80ft Subsonic wind tunnel construction; Constant speed - motor generator set.
NACA photographer Northrop P-61A Black Widow towing P-51B to release a...
NACA photographer Northrop P-61A Black Widow towing P-51B to release altitude of 28,000 ft over Muroc Dry Lake, California for in flight validating of wind tunnel measurements of drag. After the pilot released ... More
General view of Ames Subsonic 40x80ft wind tunnel from atop of the Mof...
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
NASA Ames Research Center's 1x3 1/2 ft wind tunnel (to illustrate 1946...
NASA Ames Research Center's 1x3 1/2 ft wind tunnel (to illustrate 1946 budget)
Aerial view of Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, Moffett Field California....
Aerial view of Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, Moffett Field California.
Crash of Douglas XSB2D-1 (Bu. No. 03552) airplane in a Sunnyvale , CA...
Crash of Douglas XSB2D-1 (Bu. No. 03552) airplane in a Sunnyvale , CA prune orchard caused by engine failure. Note the spectator crawling into the rear cockpit to remove the clock . Note: Used in publication... More
Nacelles and props in 40x80 foot wind tunnel at Ames.
Publicity Shot of close up of Nacell, Drive Nacel and cooling vent in nose for wind tunnel in NACA Ames 40x80 foot Wind Tunnel. Don Richey
Swept wing with inboard split flaps in Ames 40x80 foot Wind Tunnel.
Front View of -45 deg. Forward swept wing with inboard split flaps deflected 60 deg. In NACA Ames 40x80 foot Wind Tunnel. Don Richey
Cut away view of YP-80 model as tested in Ames 1x3 1/2ft. Supersonic W...
Cut away view of YP-80 model as tested in Ames 1x3 1/2ft. Supersonic Wind Tunnel. Artist Harry DeVoto, Ames Graphics.
McDonald XP-85 Airplane in 40x80 foot Wind Tunnel.
Front View of McDonald XP-85 Plan Model. Parasite Airplane designed to be carried in the B-36 bombay (never built) At the time it was the smallest Jet powered airplane. The McDonnell XF-85 Goblin was an Americ... More
NACA Photographer NASA Ames 1X3Ft W.T Blowdown, flexible throat: A sw...
NACA Photographer NASA Ames 1X3Ft W.T Blowdown, flexible throat: A swept wing model readied for a test in June 1948, in the 1 by 3 foot blowdown tunnel with a variable geometry throat mechanism
Investigation of Flying Qualities on the Lockheed P-80A airplane plan ...
Investigation of Flying Qualities on the Lockheed P-80A airplane plan view Note: Used in publication in Flight Research at Ames; 57 Years of Development and Validation of Aeronautical Technology
NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) sign at entrance to...
NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) sign at entrance to Ames Laboratory
F-84F jet airplane in the Ames 40X80 foot wind tunnel.
3/4 front view from below. Don Richey Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ames Aerial - 40x80ft wind tunnel ARC-1948-A-13516
Ames Aerial - 40x80ft wind tunnel Public domain photograph related to NASA research activity, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
NACA Ames Laboratory Building, South West.
NACA Ames 40x80 foot wind tunnel (South West). Don Richey
SWEPT-BACK WING. MODEL IN 6X6' W.T.
6x6 wind tunnel test on the effects of wing sweep. NASA
George E. Cooper; Ames Test Pilot ARC-1949-A-14136-C
George E. Cooper; Ames Test Pilot Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft development, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
NACA PHOTOGRAPHER George Cooper, Ames Test Pilot ARC-1949-A-14136A
NACA PHOTOGRAPHER George Cooper, Ames Test Pilot Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft development, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
NACA PHOTOGRAPHER George Cooper, Ames Test Pilot ARC-1949-A-14136B
NACA PHOTOGRAPHER George Cooper, Ames Test Pilot Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft development, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Body Mounted on RF-61-C Airplane in flight Note: publiched in NASA SP...
Body Mounted on RF-61-C Airplane in flight Note: publiched in NASA SP Flight research at Ames; 57 Years of Development & Validation of Aeronautical Technology ' Transonic Model Testing' - fig. 12
NACA Ames Research Center's 6x6ft Supersonic Wind Tunnel compressor, s...
NACA Ames Research Center's 6x6ft Supersonic Wind Tunnel compressor, showing rotor blades
Reeves Electronic analog computer (REAC), Ames' first electronic compu...
Reeves Electronic analog computer (REAC), Ames' first electronic computing machine, was acquired in 1949 to perform control simulation analysis.
Navy CHANCE VOUGHT F7U-3 #656 AIRPLANE on NACA Ames flight line ARC-20...
Navy CHANCE VOUGHT F7U-3 #656 AIRPLANE on NACA Ames flight line
Delta Wing Test Model in Ames 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel.
3/4 front view from below of Delta wing Model with Nose Inlet in Ames 40x80 foot wind tunnel.
Ames hi-speed research schematic drawing of the Supersonic Free Flight...
Ames hi-speed research schematic drawing of the Supersonic Free Flight Tunnel (SSFFT)
A-15209. High Lift and Stall Control in Ames 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel.
Investigation of High Lift and Stall Control on 45 deg. 3/4 front view Sweptback Cambered and Twisted Wing, in Ames 40x80 foot Wind Tunnel.
Ames Pilot George Cooper (l) and Ames Director Smith DeFrance discuss ...
Ames Pilot George Cooper (l) and Ames Director Smith DeFrance discuss F-86 flight test