Engineering Innovations
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Arnold AFB Wind Tunnel Arnold AFB, TN |
This propulsion wind tunnel (PWT) at Arnold AFB was the first large-scale facility for testing jet and rocket engines in simulated high-speed flight conditions. It has a unique… |
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Bell Aircraft Plant Niagara Falls, NY |
Bell Aircraft, founded in 1935 by Lawrence Dale “Larry” Bell, based its primary manufacturing facility in Wheatfield, New York, where several important aircraft were designed and… |
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Bendix Aviation Corporation Teterboro, NJ |
This site, originally the home of the Eclipse-Pioneer Division of the Bendix Aviation Corporation, has produced navigational instruments and engine components since 1938. … |
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Blimp Hangars Irvine, CA |
All building materials were made fire-resistant to protect against incendiary bombing. Treatment involved a vacuum process of salt impregnation. During construction, high winds… |
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Boeing 367-80 (Prototype for Boeing 707) Chantilly, VA |
The 367-80 is the prototype for most jet transports. Its success was due largely to its mechanical systems, including turbine engines with thrust reversers and noise suppressors,… |
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Bremen Airport Bremen, |
Bremen Airport was founded in 1909. In 1924, German aviation pioneers Henrich Focke and Georg Wulf founded the Focke-Wulf company on the site. On June 26, 1936, Heinrich Focke’s… |
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Brooks AFB, Old Hangar 9 San Antonio, TX |
In its infancy, Hangar Nine housed Curtiss JN-4s ("Jennys") like the one Charles Lindbergh landed there when he reported for duty as a flying cadet in 1924. As the U.S. was… |
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Central Yacht Basin St Petersburg, FL |
The St. Petersburg Yacht Basin was the original operating location of the St. Petersburg – Tampa Airboat Line, the nation’s first, regularly-scheduled commercial airline. The line… |
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Cincinnati Observatory Cincinnati, OH |
The Cincinnati Observatory, founded by Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel in 1842, is America’s oldest public/professional observatory. The observatory was situated on Mt. Adams, east of… |
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Cleveland Hopkins Airport Cleveland, OH |
Constructed on 1,040 acres just 10 miles southwest of the city center, the Cleveland Hopkins Airport was the first major airport in the world to provide an integrated system of… |
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Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory (Calspan) Buffalo, NY |
Tracing its history to the earliest days of powered flight – to the Wright brothers and Glenn Curtiss – the site began as the research laboratory of the Curtiss-Wright Aircraft… |
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Delta Air Lines’ Original 1940s Buildings Atlanta, GA |
Delta Air Lines’ historic buildings consist of two aircraft hangers and several office buildings at the Delta World Headquarters site constructed between 1941 and 1947. On March 1… |
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Downey Industrial Plant Downey, CA |
Established in 1929, and owned by several different aviation companies through its history, the Downey site was the design, test, and production site for various airplanes and… |
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Dutch Flats Airport San Diego, CA |
On this site, which was the Dutch Flats Airport, Charles A. Lindbergh made the first flight of his Spirit of St. Louis airplane, constructed in 60 days by dedicated employees of… |
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Eglin Air Force Base Valparaiso, FL |
Established in 1935 as the Valparaiso Bombing and Gunnery Base, the base supported the U.S. Army Air Corps, the predecessor to the U.S. Air Force, as its primary facility for… |
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FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center Egg Harbor Township, |
This Federal Laboratory has played a pivotal role in creating our modern air traffic control system. Established as the National Aviation Facilities Experimental Center in 1958,… |
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Farnborough Research Establishment (Royal Aircraft Establishment) , |
Farnborough's aeronautical history began in 1905 with the arrival of HM Balloon Factory in 1905, headed by Lt Col J.L.B. Templer. In 1908, the first powered aeroplane flight in… |
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First Aerojet Manufacturing Site Pasadena, CA |
On Colorado Blvd in Pasadena in 1942, the Aerojet Engineering Company founded the first manufacturing facility for the production of rocket propulsion systems. This site was… |
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First Balloon Launch Site Annonay, |
On 4 June 1783, Joseph Michel and Jacques Etienne Montgolfier captured the imagination of the world with their first balloon flight at Cordeliers Square. There were no passengers… |
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First Motorized Flight in Canada - Baddeck, Nova Scotia Baddeck, |
AIAA designated Baddeck, Nova Scotia as a historic site, providing a plaque to commemorate the centennial of the first powered flight in Canada. On February 23, 1909, piloting the… |
