Hurricane Maker
Broadcast: October 22, 1946
Added: Mar 18 2022
This is another in the series of programs dealing with the thrilling adventures to be found in the field of scientific research as told by the men of science themselves. Dr Phillips Thomas, research engineer of the Westinghouse research laboratories tells the story of the development of the wind tunnel used to test the aircraft of the future. If you were out west, at a spot a few miles south of San Francisco, and could tag along with a small group of visitors, you'd see men of science experimenting with a giant machine that creates hurricanes - for testing airplanes. Inside a huge building, almost one thousand feet long, is the world's largest wind tunnel...