ON Friday, March 24, 1961, the Minister of Aviation, Mr Peter Thorneyeroft, officially opened a new high supersonic speed wind tunnel at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Bedford. This tunnel provides the final stage in the present plans for expansion of the wind tunnel facilities at Bedford, being capable of providing speeds from Mach 2.5 up to Mach 5 in a working section measuring 4x3 ft. Three other tunnels arc already in operation at Bedford—these being the 13x9 ft. working section low-speed tunnel, the 3x3 ft. tunnel, which is transonic and supersonic to Mach 2, and the 8x8 ft. tunnel, which is subsonic and supersonic to Mach 2.8.


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    Title :

    High Supersonic Speed Wind Tunnel


    Subtitle :

    Details of the New Facility Constructed at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Bedford


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1961-05-01


    Size :

    9 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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