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Altitude Wind Tunnel

This drawing shows how the AWT was divided into two separate vacuum chambers when it was rebuilt into the SPC. Dished bulkheads separated the spaces. The AWT’s test section was not part of either chamber. Chamber No. 2 could simulate altitudes up to 100,000 feet.

 

Image Number: CD07-83009b

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Uploaded on August 1, 2013
Taken on August 1, 2013