Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel

Infobox_nrhp2 | name =Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel
nhl=yes

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caption = Aerial view of the Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel complex, 1974
location= Mountain View, California
lat_degrees = 37 | lat_minutes = 25 | lat_seconds = 0.9 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 122 | long_minutes = 3 | long_seconds = 37.71 | long_direction = W
locmapin = California
area =
built =1955
designated_nhl = October 3, 1985cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1917&ResourceType=Structure
title=Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel |accessdate=2008-04-12|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 3 1985cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2006-03-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = NASA
refnum=85002799

The Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel, located at the NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Federal Airfield, Mountain View, California, USA, was a research facility used extensively to design and test new generations of aircraft, both commercial and military, as well as NASA space vehicles, including the Space Shuttle. The wind tunnel is a U.S. National Historic Landmark.

The Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel was created by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), parent agency of NASA, which also created the Variable Density Tunnel at Langley in 1921.cite web | url=http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/santaclara/uni.htm | title=Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel | work=California's Historic Silicon Valley | publisher=National Park Service | accessdate=2007-03-12]

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1985.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/85002799.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel / Unitary Plan Facility] |32 KB|date=May 15, 1984 |author=Harry A. Butowsky |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/85002799.pdf "Accompanying photo, aerial, from 1984"] |32 KB]

References

External links

* [http://windtunnels.arc.nasa.gov/ NASA Ames Research Center Wind Tunnels web site]
* [http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/aviation/ Aviation: From Sand Dunes to Sonic Booms, a National Park Service "Discover Our Shared Heritage" Travel Itinerary]