Highest Honors for Game-Changing Innovation

In 1947, the Collier Trophy was awarded to John Stack of Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory for research to determine the physical laws affecting supersonic flight. Lawrence D. Bell and Chuck Yeager also shared in this trophy for their work on supersonic flight. This image is of the 8- by 6-Foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel. Image Credit: NACA
NASA Identifier: 431265main_collier_1947