The 24ft low speed Wind Tunnel built in 1917 Farnborough, Used to test areodynamic properties of War Time planes which including the Hawker Hurricane

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Abandoned and silent today, this hall once hummed with the sound of 120mph wind: the effect of a massive fan that could revolve at up to 250 times per minute. This wind tunnel, one of five at the Royal Aircraft Establishment in Farnborough, Hampshire, was built in 1935 to study how wind affected objects. One aeroplane later tested here was the Hawker Hurricane – which became the main force for victory in the Battle of Britain.

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Size: 3456px × 5184px
Location: Farnborough, Hampshire, UK
Photo credit: © Craig Nicholls / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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