📽Blast from the past... a Navy investigation in an 8-foot high-speed wind tunnel to research human tolerance to wind blasts. This test was performed in 1946 at NASA Langley Research Center (nasa_langley) in Hampton, Virginia. As interest in the field of high-speed aerodynamics increased in the early 1930s, Langley’s existing wind tunnels proved too small and underpowered for effective high-speed aircraft testing. Understanding that a new facility would give U.S. engineers a decided advantage in the aeronautical field, Langley’s director of research George W. Lewis authorized the design and construction of a larger high-speed wind tunnel in 1933. #nasa #nasalangley #video #windtunnels #humans #aerodynamics #engineering #nasahistory #wind #research #technology #hamptonvirginia