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Title	Wind Tunnel at Wright Field photograph
Subject	Science and Technology Air bases Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio) Wind tunnels
Place	Dayton (Ohio) Montgomery County (Ohio)
Description	Caption reads: "Wind tunnel, Wright Field, Dayton." Activated on October 12, 1927, Wright Field replaced the smaller McCook field as the nation's premier center for military aviation research and development. At Wright Field, altitude and speed records were set, aircraft flying characteristics were studied in huge wind tunnels, improved fuels and power-plants were tested and new aircraft instruments were developed during the 1920s and 1930s. After Pearl Harbor and the United States' entry into World War II, the flight test mission of Wright Field made the facility even more crucial to the nation's war effort. American and allied aircraft were brought to Wright Field and put through test programs to improve their performance. Captured enemy aircraft were evaluated by Wright Field's expert pilots and flight engineers to uncover weaknesses and strengths in their designs. After World War II, Wright Field continued to play a major part in flight research and development. Growth of residential areas around Wright Field forced officials to limit flight test operations in 1951 and transfer the Flight Test Division to Area C at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
Creator	Ohio Federal Writers' Project and James N. Keen
Collection	Ohio Guide Photographs
Source	State Archives Series 1039 AV
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	StillImage
File Name	SA1039AV_B05F08_005
Image Height	Not Available
Image Width	Not Available
Display File Type	image/jp2
Format	picture
Date created	2009-02-04
Date modified	2009-08-06

Title	SA1039AV_B05F08_005_1
Creator	Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Collection	Ohio Guide Photographs
Source	State Archives Series 1039 AV
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	StillImage
File Name	SA1039AV_B05F08_005_1.tif
Image Height	5023
Image Width	6245
File Size	8383.959 KB
Display File Type	image/jp2
Format	picture
Date created	2009-02-04
Date modified	2009-02-04

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