wind tunnel

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That geography turns the valley into a natural wind tunnel.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2026

Just over four years after starting that first placement at Williams, Sullivan is now a full-time wind tunnel systems engineer.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

It is the force that builds the wind tunnel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

He also created a tiny wind tunnel for some of the experiments, so that the physicists could analyze the role of ambient breeze in the worm's target success rate.

From Science Daily • Oct. 15, 2025

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