Local and federal leaders gathered at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton on Friday to celebrate the agency’s first major wind tunnel built in more than 40 years.
The $57-million Flight Dynamics Research Facility, or FDRF, replaces and combines the capacity of two nearby wind tunnels built nearly a century ago.
“This tunnel represents both a storied legacy and a soaring future,” NASA Langley director Trina Dyal said at the ribbon-cutting ceremony. “The facility has almost twice the wind speeds and five times the horsepower of its predecessors.”…