Ames Aeronautics

3/4 front view of Lear Jet with Boom installed at 0 degree of attack. Ed Varrette in Photo. Don Richey

3/4 lower front view of tilt rotor propeller. Don Richey

Motor and propeller blades in 40x80ft wind tunnel. Six 40-foot-diameter fans, each powered by a 6000-horsepower electric motor maintained airflow at 230 mph or less (these are still tornado velocities).

SCAT-15F supersonic transport model, lower 3/4 front view. Don Richey

F-111B Fighter, Variable Sweep wings, wings swept forward, landing gear down. Slat experiments. The General Dynamics/Grumman F-111B was a long-range carrier-based interceptor aircraft that was planned to be a More

Installation Photos, 3/4 front view from below. F-111B in Ames 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel. The General Dynamics/Grumman F-111B was a long-range carrier-based interceptor aircraft that was planned to be a follow-on More

Forward overhead view of 4 jet model with external flow of jet augmented triple slotted flap. John Bouldt Don Richey

Forward overhead view of lift fan transport model, with two, of a possible six, high pressure ratio wing lift fans. Lift Fan Model In 40 X 80 Wind Tunnel; Test 40-347 Don Richey

3/4 front view of Lockheed AH-56A (Cheyenne) Helicopter in Ames 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel Don Richey

F-14A fighter model lifted from the shop floor of the 40 x 80 foot wind tunnel. 3/4 scale Don Richey

Helicopter view showing west area, south San Francisco Bay in background Don Richey

3/4 front view of McDonnell-Douglas Large-Scale lift fan, vertical and/or short take-off and landing (V/STOL), transport model. Francis Malerick in photograph. The McDonnell Douglas DC-9 (initially known as th More

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Top Plan view of Bell Rotor with Ed Verrett left frame. Test #437. Don Richey

Overhead, front view of Large-Scale Upper-Surface Blowing Model using JT15D Engines. Test #441 Don Richey

Horizontal view (side) of model, Ray Schmoranc in photo. Test #452 Don Richey

3/4 lower front view of DC-9 lift/cruz fan transport model. Pictured with Eloy Martinez (left, mechanic) Leo Hall (right, engineer).

(Test 460) deHavilland Augmentor Wing 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel. Don Richey

Space Shuttle SSV Orbiter Model A100 0.36 Scale In 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel. 3/4 lower rear view. Don Richey

1/3 scale model of space shuttle, 3/4 lower front view, test section overhead doors open. Don Richey

3/4 lower rear view of Controllable Twist Rotor (CTR) test of 4 blade helicopter model. Pictures with Ben Mandwyler Andy Lemnios, in 40x80 foot wind tunnel. Small flaps on rotor blades. Don Richey

3/4 lower front view of CTR test of 4 blade helicopter model. Pictures with John McCloud and 2 mechanics, in 40 x 80 wind tunnel. Retouched to remove small flaps on rotor blades, and bottom pod removed. Don Richey

3/4 lower front view of Controllable Twist Rotor (CTR) test of 4 blade helicopter model. Pictures with Ben Mandwyler Andy Lemnios, John McCloud (wheel chair), in 40x80 foot wind tunnel. Small flaps on rotor b More

(03/12/1976) Overhead view of 1/50 scale model of the 80x120 foot wind tunnel model (NFAC) in the test section of the 40x80 wind tunnel at NASA Ames. Model mounted on a rotating ground board designed for this t More

Looking south at the construction of the test section of the 40 x 80 foot wind tunnel. 4 parts of a test section bent seen in the foreground. Airship rising in the background. Don Richey

Concrete frame enclosing the fan drive bents of the 40x80 foot wind tunnel at ames. Once installed, six 40-foot-diameter fans, each powered by a 6000-horsepower electric motor maintained airflow at 230 mph or More

Clark Y Airfoil. 3/4 front view of 8x48 foot Clark Y Airfoil mounted (inverted) in the 40x80 foot wind tunnel at NACA's Ames Research Center. Don Richey

Aerial view looking North West of the nearly completed 40 x 80 foot wind tunnel. Drive and test section exposed. The facility covered 8 acres, and the air circuit was just over 1/2 mile long (2700 feet). Don Richey

Installation of the Douglas A-26B airplane in the 40x80 foot wind tunnel at NACA's Ames Research Center. Airplane being centered over tunnel opening. Don Richey

3/4 rear view from below of Douglas BTD-1 airplane in Ames 40x80 foot Wind Tunnel, unseated, horizontal tail on. Don Richey

3/4 front view from below of the Ryan FR-1 airplane mounted in the NACA Ames 40x80 foot wind tunnel. Production configuration. Don RIchey

3/4 rear view of the Ryan FR-1 airplane mounted in the NACA Ames 40x80 foot wind tunnel from below. Production configuration. Don Richey

Looking West at three test section bents in place for the Ames 40 x 80 foot wind tunnel. Concrete model scale support visible in the middle. Don Richey

Long Range Laser Velocimeter in 40x80x120 Foot Wind Tunnel at NASA Ames. For use in NFAC. Don Richey

40x80x120 Foot Wind Tunnel at NASA's Ames Research Center Laser Velocimeter (LV) Long Range System. Requesting Organization: Low Speed Aircraft Photographed on May 18, 1983 Don Richey

Installation of 1/3 scale model of space shuttle orbiter into the test section of the Ames 40x80 foot wind tunnel with overhead doors open. Don RIchey

(Oct. 27 1976) Controllable Twist Rotor, 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel at Ames Research Center, model With John Bolt.

(03/12/1976) 1/50 scale model of the 80x120 foot wind tunnel model (NFAC) in the test section of the 40x80 wind tunnel. Model viewed from the west, mounted on a rotating ground board designed for this test. Ra More

(03/12/1976) 1/50 scale model of the 80x120 foot wind tunnel model (NFAC) in the test section of the 40x80 foot wind tunnel. Model mounted on a rotating ground board designed for this test, viewed from the west More

Gliding parachute test in 40x80 foot Wind Tunnel, mounted on main strut flying horizontally. Don Richey

(02/18/1964) Apollo 3 Parachute cluster, flown vertically in 40x80 wind tunnel. Parachutes mounted on a control head with reels to vary the line lengths. Don Richey

(11/12/1971) 3/4 Scale swept augmentor wing Quest model being installed into the test section of the ames 40 x 80 foot wind tunnel, overhead doors open. Don RIchey

Avrocar with ground board and variable height struts and no tail. Can see focusing ring that controlled the peripheral jet. Don Richey

Avrocar Annular Jet VTOL Airplane in Ames 40x80 foot Wind Tunnel. Don Richey

Rear view of the Avrocar without the tail, with ground board and variable height struts. The air force wanted to test the design of a flying saucer with vertical takeoff and landing capability. The design prove More

Bell V/STOL X-14 airplane mounted at 90 degrees yaw in 40x80 foot wind tunnel. Don Richey

(11/12/1971) 3/4 rear view of swept 75% scale augmentor wing quest model being installed into the test section of the Ames 40x80 foot wind tunnel, overhead doors open. Don Richey

Bell X-22A full scale, Model-C ducted fan with semi-span mount. Duct at 90 degrees with Chuck Greco.

Front lower view of Gates Learjet in Ames 40x80 foot wind tunnel at high angel of attack. Test was part of a deep stall study. Don Richey

M-2 lifting body wind tunnel model with wind tunnel mechanic Chuck Greco. Model mounted on special support designed for lifting body models. Flaps and elevons visible. Don Richey

NASA N941NA is the last Super Guppy Turbine Cargo Airplane in service. Don Richey

NASA N941NA is the last Super Guppy Turbine Cargo Airplane in service. Don Richey

NASA N941NA is the last Super Guppy Turbine Cargo Airplane in service. Don Richey

NASA N941NA taxies in front of Hangar 2 at Moffett Field. Don Richey

NASA N941NA is the last Super Guppy Turbine Cargo Airplane in service. Don Richey

NASA N941NA is the last Super Guppy Turbine Cargo Airplane in service. Don Richey

NASA N941NA taxies in front of Hangar 2 at Moffett Field. Don Richey

NASA N941NA parked in front of Hangar 1 at Moffett Field. Cargo is loaded into the Super Guppy when the aircraft's "fold-away" nose rotates 110 degrees to the left, allowing unobstructed access to the 25 foot More

NASA N941NA Superguppy lands at the Moffett Field. Cargo is loaded into the Super Guppy when the aircraft's "fold-away" nose rotates 110 degrees to the left, allowing unobstructed access to the 25 foot diamete More

NASA N941NA Superguppy at Moffett Field. Cargo is loaded into the Super Guppy when the aircraft's "fold-away" nose rotates 110 degrees to the left, allowing unobstructed access to the 25 foot diameter fuselage More

Super Guppy Flight Engineer Michael Robinson inside the Cargo Hold. The Super Guppy's cargo hold has a useable volume of 39,000 cubic feet and can fly up to 52,000 pounds as far as 564 miles and has a cruising More

NASA N941NA lift off from Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, it is the last Super Guppy still flying. Don Richey