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The historic Farnborough factory site houses three major wind tunnels, the 24 ft (7.3 m) low-speed wind tunnel (Q121 Building), constructed during the early 1930s, the No. 2 11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) low-speed wind tunnel (R136 Building) and the 8 ft × 6 ft (2.4 m × 1.8 m) transonic wind tunnel within R133 Building, which was originally ...
The tunnel was built in the 1930s as part of the Farnborough Royal Aircraft Establishment cluster of tunnels. [citation needed] The tunnel was purchased by the University of Southampton for a minimal fee in 1979 on the understanding that they would cover the cost of transport and recommissioning at its new site on the Highfield Campus.
The Farnborough Air Sciences Trust (FAST) museum holds a collection of aircraft (actual and model), satellites, simulators, wind tunnel and Royal Aircraft Establishment-related material. It is based in Farnborough, Hampshire immediately adjacent to Farnborough Airfield on the A325 Farnborough Road.
De-Havilland Wind Tunnel 2.65 m (8 ft 8 in) by 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Handley-Page Wind Tunnel 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) by 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) Low Speed Wind Tunnel 1.15 m (3 ft 9 in) by 0.95 m (3 ft 1 in) Flow Visualisation Wind Tunnel 0.90 m (2 ft 11 in) by 0.90 m (2 ft 11 in) United Kingdom University of Manchester [17] Operational
Farnborough College operates from a 100-acre campus with facilities including engineering workshops, computer suites and a wind tunnel. In collaboration with the University of Surrey , Farnborough College also runs the University Centre Farnborough which offers foundation degrees and full bachelor's degrees in subjects like project management ...
As of early 2007, QinetiQ have sold their remaining stake in the Bedford Airfield site (as well as the nearby 'Wind Tunnel' site) and are planning to relocate the remaining staff to Farnborough in early 2008, finally ending the site's long association with military aviation. [needs update]
The site has the largest transonic wind tunnel in the UK, known as the TWT, with speeds up to Mach 1.4, powered by a Sulzer axial compressor. It is 25,000 hp electric-powered. It is 25,000 hp electric-powered.
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