
NFAC 80-foot-by-120-foot wind tunnel drive fans.Image credit: NASA Ames/Tom Trower

F/A-18 High Alpha fighter testing high angle-of-attack aerodynamics in the NFAC 80-foot-by-120-foot test section. Image credit: NASA Ames/Tom Trower

Tiltrotor aircraft in 40-foot-by-80-foot test section. The vehicle is in take-off (helicopter) mode.Image credit: NASA Ames/Bob Carnahan

An aerial view of the National Full-scale Aerodynamics Complex (NFAC).

1/3 scale model of the space shuttle preparing for tests in the 40-foot-by-80-foot test section. Image credit: NASA Ames