In a couple of weeks I'll be visiting my brother at Langley Air Force Base!
I thought it would be neat to put some fun facts here about the base.
1) It is 6 km north of the central business district of Hampton, VA
2) The base is one of the oldest facilities of the Air Force, being established on Dec. 30, 1916, prior to World War I by the Army Air Service, named for aviation pioneer Samuel Pierpont Langley. It was used during World War I as a flying field; balloon station; observers’school; photography school; experimental engineering department, and for aerial coast defense. (courtesy of Wikipedia :D )
3) The wind tunnel at Langley is located on the banks of the Little Back River and measures 434 feet by 222 feet. It opened in 1931, and was the first in the United states to be able to test whole airplanes within it.
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