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Boeing Transonic Wind Tunnel [ 15 ] Operational. 2 m × 4 m (8 ft × 12 ft) United States. Boundary Layer and Subsonic Wind Tunnel [ 16 ] Operational. Boundary Layer Test Section: 2.8 m × 2.1 m × 30 m (9 ft 2 in × 6 ft 11 in × 98 ft 5 in) Subsonic Test Section: 2.1 m × 2.1 m × 4 m (6 ft 11 in × 6 ft 11 in × 13 ft 1 in) Boundary Layer ...
Newhall Pass is a low mountain pass in Los Angeles County, California. Historically called Fremont Pass and San Fernando Pass, with Beale's Cut, it separates the Santa Susana Mountains from the San Gabriel Mountains. Although the pass was visited in August 1769 by Catalan explorer Gaspar de Portolá, it eventually was named for Henry Newhall, a ...
Cajon Pass is known for high wind, turbulence and fog. [12] The weather over the pass can vary from foggy days with poor visibility to clear afternoons where aircraft are bounced by gusting Santa Ana winds that top 80 mph (130 km/h). The wind is typically from the west, although in Santa Ana and other weather conditions it may be out of the ...
The tunnels are planned to consist of two 28-foot (8.5 m) diameter tunnels. [2] At 13 miles (21 km) long the main tunnel is expected to become North America’s longest rail tunnel, surpassing the Mount Macdonald Tunnel in British Columbia. [1] [2] An additional 1.5-mile (2.4 km) rail tunnel is planned to be constructed to the west. The tunnels ...
Downtown Los Angeles is flirting with triple-digit temperatures, maybe even for consecutive days. ... of that high will park right over Southern California, sending temperatures soaring to levels ...
In August 1962, on a hilltop overlooking the western shoreline of what today is California’s fifth-largest ... the High Desert Water Bank is connected to an aquifer that has enough space to ...
The Santa Anas are katabatic winds (Greek for "flowing downhill") arising in higher altitudes and blowing down towards sea level. [7] The National Weather Service defines Santa Ana winds as "a weather condition [in southern California] in which strong, hot, dust-bearing winds descend to the Pacific Coast around Los Angeles from inland desert regions".
In Sacramento, California, the mercury failed to get out of the 70s last Friday, marking one of the coolest August days on record. In Las Vegas, a record 64-day run of triple-digit heat came to an ...