In 1929, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics began construction of the world's first full-scale wind tunnel, where high-performance airplane would be tested.

After that, it was used to test virtually every high-performance aircraft used by the United States in World War II.

After the war, many types of aircraft were tested in the tunnel including the Harrier jump jet fighter, the F-16, the American supersonic transport, the Space Shuttle and Lunar Landing Test Vehicle.

[7] The wind tunnel was in use through the 2000s, testing procedures such as free-flight and high angle of attack.

[10][11] In 2014 its landmark designation was withdrawn and it was removed from the National Register of Historic Places.