NASA Langley 100: Breaking the Sound Barrier – NASA https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/langley/nasalangley100-breaking-the-sound-barrier/
Humans delight in speed. History reveals ever more engineered acceleration: a transition from competitive running on two legs to auto racing on roads, from
NASA Langley’s design and construction in 1947 of a “slotted throat” wind tunnel