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NASA Center: Glenn Research Center
Image # : C1949-23961
Date : 08/25/1949

Title

Python Engine Installed in Altitude Wind Tunnel

Full Description

An engine mechanic checks instrumentation prior to an investigation of engine operating characteristics and thrust control of a large turboprop engine with counter-rotating propellers under high-altitude flight conditions in the 20-foot-dianieter test section of the Altitude Wind Tunnel at the Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Cleveland, Ohio, now known as the John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field.

Keywords

Propeller Turboprop Altitude Wind Tunnel Engine Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory Lewis Research Center NACA

Subject Category

Aircraft Propulsion, NACA-GRC-LRC, Wind Tunnels-Interior,

Reference Numbers

  • Center: GRC
  • Center Number: C1949-23961
  • GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2000-001471

Source Information

  • Creator/Photographer: GRC
  • Original Source: DIGITAL

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