The United States Air Force operates the 80x120-foot wind tunnel at Moffett Field in Mountain View, Calif., where researchers put aeronautics to the test.
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Only U.S. citizens are allowed inside the wind tunnel facility at NASA Ames Research Center at Moffett Field in Mountain View, Calif., where researchers put aeronautics to the test.James Martin/CNET
William Warmbrodt, branch chief of the Aeromechanics Branch Flight Vehicle Research and Technology Division, talks about some of the advanced helicopter research taking place there.James Martin/CNET
The wind tunnel is the largest in the world at 80x120 feet. It was built in the 1940s and uses 100 megawatts of power to generate the 100-knot winds.James Martin/CNET
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