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Title: Supersonic wind tunnel readied
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor: This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued: 1960
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Photograph article dated April 28, 1960 reads, "Research Aid - Aircraft and missile models of the future begin "flying" in July at Lockheed California Division's new research center near Saugus. The installation is designed to simulate speeds up to 3,800 miles per hour, during which temperatures reach minus 300 degrees Farenheit [sic]."
Type: Image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00093489
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d006_f38_i2; H-2175
CARL0005021436
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/43869
Subject: Lockheed Missiles and Space Company
Lockheed-California Company
Technological innovations--United States
Aeronautics--Research--United States
Simulation methods--California--Santa Clarita
Research--California--Santa Clarita
Wind tunnels--Testing
Supersonic wind tunnels
Wind tunnels
Santa Clarita (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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