North American P-51B 'Mustang' fighter in flight over bay area. The P-51 with its new laminar-flow wing sections developed by NACA was the first airplane selected for testing of airplane drag in flight and wind tunnel comparison NOTE: used in NASA Publication; Flight Research at Ames: 57 Years of Development and Validation of Aeronautical Technology' Transonic Model Testing fig. 9 NASA SP-1998-3300
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NASA ID
ARC-1945-A-7121
Date Created
February 6, 1945
Center
ARC
Media Type
image
Photographer
Lee Jones