Daily Memo: China’s Growing Widebody Test Capabilities Revealed As U.S. Cuts Back
The world's largest wind tunnel complex has been built by the China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center in Mianyang, Sichuan.
Credit: Google Earth
Satellite images of China’s vast new wind-tunnel complex in Sichuan province appear to reveal the existence of a nearly complete cryogenic facility able to test large transonic transport aircraft at close to flight conditions. Dubbed the China transonic wind tunnel (CTW), the facility is part of the...
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