wind tunnel
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Choose a pair of foam wings — large or small — slip your arms through and stand in a life-sized wind tunnel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
To investigate how nightjars fly, researchers studied the birds in a wind tunnel, recording their movements at different speeds and measuring the patterns of airflow left behind their wings.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
They built their own wind tunnel in the bike shop, and learned that the hard problem wasn’t engine power but control.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
That geography turns the valley into a natural wind tunnel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2026
Mary Jackson could see the air moving around the racer just as clearly as if she were looking at a Schlieren photograph taken in a wind tunnel.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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