Wright Brothers 1916 Wind Tunnel




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Y/M/D Association Description Place Locale Food Event
1916/10/16 Orville Wright Work A 3-foot wind tunnel will be installed. The measuring instruments, although not yet completely designed will be after the type of instruments we used in our tunnel of 1901-02. Orville Wright to Elisha N Fales Orville Wright Laboratory Memorial Dayton, OH
1917/00/00 General Electric Manufacturer Orville Wright buys a 10-HP electric motor from General Electric for use in his laboratory wind tunnel. Orville Wright Laboratory Memorial Dayton, OH
1917/12/00 Orville Wright Work Mr Wright, consulting engineer of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company, test the control and guidance system of the Kettering Bug, a guided missile, using the wind tunnel in his laboratory on Broadway. Orville Wright Laboratory Memorial Dayton, OH
1948/01/24 Orville Wright Life I have a 10-HP General Electric motor that I would like to sell. This motor was purchased in 1917 for use in my laboratory on a wind tunnel. I would estimate it had about 200 hours of running. - letter written by Orville Wright to the General Electric Co Orville Wright Laboratory Memorial Dayton, OH

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