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NASA image: Wind Tunnel Test of Stoppable Rotors in Ames 40x80ft Wind Tunnel.
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Sep 18, 1967

Wind Tunnel Test of Stoppable Rotors in Ames 40x80ft Wind Tunnel.

3/4 front view of model in Ames 40x80 foot wind tunnel.

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NASA image: ARC-1985-AC85-0186-38
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Mar 12, 1985

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XV-15 Tilt Rotor (NASA-703) hovers at Ames Research Center with Navy P-3 Orion on flight line in foreground

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NASA image: ARC-1986-AC86-0410-5
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May 28, 1986

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Bell Textron XV-15 Tilt Rotor Aircraft flight demo at airshow - Navy Blue Angles in forground) (Bell Helicopter...

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NASA image: ARC-1997-ACD97-0410-18_1
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Dec 12, 1997

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NASA Ames Vertical Motion Simulator (VMS); T-Cab Civil Tilt Rotor Project (CTR) OTW (out the window) composite views

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NASA image: ARC-1986-AC86-0410-4
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May 28, 1986

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BELL HELICOPTER BELL TEXTRON XV-15 TILT ROTOR AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT OVER NEW YORK, ELLIS ISLAND AND STATUE OF LIBERTY

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NASA image: ARC-1988-AC88-0182-7
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Mar 17, 1988

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NASA/Navy V-22 Rotor testing in the NASA Ames 40x80ft. Subsonic Wind.Tunnel. Test-568 with Fort Felker and Engenio...

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NASA image: GRC-2005-C-00111
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Jan 24, 2001

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Ultra-Efficient Engine Technology (UEET), Proof of Concept Compressor, W-7 bearing housing shaft, simulated rotor...

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NASA image: ARC-1991-AC91-0067-1
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Feb 8, 1991

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Artwork - Artist unknown High Speed Rotorcraft Concept Variable Diameter Civil Tilt-Rotor Artwork depicting...

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NASA image: ARC-1997-ACD97-0410-18
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Dec 12, 1997

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NASA Ames Vertical Motion Simulator (VMS); T-Cab Civil Tilt Rotor Project (CTR) OTW (out the window) composite views

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NASA image: ARC-1997-AC97-0410-4
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Dec 12, 1997

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NASA Ames Vertical Motion Simulator (VMS); T-Cab Civil Tilt Rotor Project (CTR) project cab configuration with...

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NASA image: ARC-1969-AC99-0006-4
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Jan 19, 1999

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ADM Swept with NASA logo moved forward. ADM Swept Tip Rotor in 7 x 10ft.#1 Wind Tunnel Test-7101099.

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NASA image: ARC-1989-AC89-0013-3
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Jan 6, 1989

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Graphics (McAlister) Army Aeroflightdynamics Directorate 3D Laser Velocimeter for Rotor Flow Studies: Funding of...

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NASA image: ARC-1973-AC73-5172-6
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Nov 8, 1973

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AH-1G Cobra helicopter model tail rotor flow visualization testing in 7X10ft#2 W.T. (Army tunnel - no test number)

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NASA image: ARC-1973-AC73-5172-8
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Nov 8, 1973

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AH-1G Cobra helicopter model tail rotor flow visualization testing in 7X10ft#2 W.T. (Army tunnel - no test number)

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NASA image: ARC-1989-AC89-0013-5
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Jan 6, 1989

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Graphics (McAlister) Army Aeroflightdynamics Directorate 3D Laser Velocimeter for Rotor Flow Studies: Fringe Model...

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NASA image: GRC-2005-C-00110
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Jan 24, 2001

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Ultra-Efficient Engine Technology (UEET), Proof of Concept Compressor, W-7 bearing housing shaft, simulated rotor...

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NASA image: ARC-1965-A-40412
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Oct 16, 1965

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Rotor Entry Vehicle - force test in 12ft w.t. at Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA test-12-328 with J.J....

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NASA image: ARC-1976-AC76-1588-1-Edit
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Nov 19, 1976

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NASA/US Army Multcyclic test rotor in the Ames 40x80ft. Subsonic Wind Tunnel, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field,...

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NASA image: ARC-1988-AC88-0182-2
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Mar 17, 1988

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NASA/Navy V-22 Rotor testing in the NASA Ames 40x80ft. Subsonic Wind.Tunnel. Test-568 with Ruth Hefferman checking...

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NASA image: ARC-1997-ACD97-0410-17
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Dec 12, 1997

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NASA Ames Vertical Motion Simulator (VMS); T-Cab Civil Tilt Rotor Project (CTR) OTW (out the window) composite views

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NASA image: ARC-1982-AC82-0253-14
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Apr 7, 1982

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NASA Ames Sikorsky Rotor Systems Research Aircraft (RSRA) NASA-740 in flight out of Ames over east foothill of the...

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NASA image: ARC-1989-AC89-0013-6
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Jan 6, 1989

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Graphics (McAlister) Army Aeroflightdynamics Directorate 3D Laser Velocimeter for Rotor Flow Studies: Focusing of...

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NASA image: Atmospheric Probe Shows Promise in Test Flight
Image
Oct 22, 2024

Atmospheric Probe Shows Promise in Test Flight

Justin Link, left, unmanned aircraft systems pilot, and Justin Hall, chief pilot for small unmanned aircraft...

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NASA image: ARC-1960-AC-26438
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Mar 1, 1960

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BELL XV-3 (AF54-148) Convertiplane (experimental tilt rotor) IN FLIGHT Note: Used in publication in Flight Research...

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NASA's Image and Video Library contains over 140,000 publicly accessible images, videos, and audio files spanning the agency's entire history, from the Mercury program of the 1960s to the latest James Webb Space Telescope discoveries. The collection grows daily as new missions capture imagery and archival materials are digitized. Individual mission archives, such as Mars rover photos, contain hundreds of thousands of additional images.
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