California Research Laboratory: Air view of Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, West Coast research center of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. The $23,000,000 plant occupies part of the Navy's Moffett Field at the lower end of San Francisco Bay. Principal peacetime work at Ames will be basic research in high-speed aerodynamics. Shown above are (1) administration building, (2) science laboratory, (3) technical service building, (4) 40- by 80-ft. wind tunnel, (5) power substation, (6) 12-ft. pressure wind tunnel, (7) utilities building, (8) 16-ft. high-speed wind tun-nel, (9) 1- by 3-ft. supersonic speed wind tunnel, (10) 7- by 10-ft. wind tunnel No. 1, (11) model finishing shop, (12) 7- by 10-ft. wind tunnel No. 2, (13) flight research laboratory, (14) plane hangar and shop (under construction).
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