April 27, 2018 12:38 pm PDT
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1940s footage of man in 457mph wind tunnel
In this silent footage filmed in NASA Langley Research Center's 8ft wind tunnel, we see what happens when a human being is blasted with 457mph gusts. They were trying to find out how safe it was for pilots to stay in their planes after canopies were damaged or removed.
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