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2. Wind tunnel - Wikipedia

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   High-altitude tunnels: These are designed to test the effects of shock waves against various aircraft shapes in near vacuum. In 1952 the University of California constructed the first two high-altitude wind tunnels: one for testing objects at 50 to 70 miles (80 to 113 km) above the earth and the second for tests at 80 to 200 miles (130 to 320 ...

3. David Oreck - Wikipedia

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   By 1965, the firm was also the exclusive wholesaler for RCA products in Louisiana. His 8 pounds (3.6 kg) appliance was a third the weight of other machines available. Competitors used this to criticize Oreck's vacuum cleaner's effectiveness and durability. Oreck decided to first market to hotels where light weight would be a selling point. [6 ...

4. List of wind tunnels - Wikipedia

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   Name Status Size (W x H x L) Use Country Comments A2 Wind Tunnel [1]: 4 m × 94 m × 18 m (14 ft × 310 ft × 58 ft) Full scale general purpose

5. Vertical wind tunnel - Wikipedia

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   The first human to fly in a vertical wind tunnel was Jack Tiffany in 1964 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base located in Greene and Montgomery County, Ohio.. In 1982 Jean St-Germain, an inventor from Drummondville, Quebec, [2] sold a vertical wind tunnel concept to both Les Thompson and Marvin Kratter, both of whom went on to build their own wind tunnels.

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7. WindShear - Wikipedia

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   The Windshear Full Scale Rolling Road Wind Tunnel is an automotive wind tunnel in Concord, North Carolina. In January 2008 Wind Shear, a division of US machine tool builder Haas Automation, completed construction on one of the most advanced automotive wind tunnels in the world.