Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics wind tests

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics wind tests

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Original – A volunteer being subjected to high wind speeds (a maximum of 457 miles per hour (735 km/h); local wind speeds along the subject's face reached 720 miles per hour (1,160 km/h)) at the Langley Research Center, under the guidance of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and at the request of the US Navy. These 1946 tests were intended to measure the effects of bailing out of a high-speed aircraft on the human body. The tests showed that "Effects of the wind stream on clothing and gear were in many ways more pronounced than on the subject. Even at low speeds, loose clothing flapped and fluttered violently. The helmet and chin strap needed constant readjustment, and the helmet's seams began to tear during exposures to 400-mile-an-hour winds."

Reason: Very interesting video, not too long, well documented. Useful in several articles.
Articles in which this image appears: Human subject research, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Wind tunnel
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Others, maybe?
Creator: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

Support as nominator – — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:12, 20 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support good historical EV, not very long and interesting.--Godot13 (talk) 04:09, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Crisco, this is a FILM! Sorry about my superficiality. Thought it was a crappy black and white pic. Yes, good historical EV, and interesting too. Hafspajen (talk) 21:09, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Yeah, someone changed how videos display... dunno why. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:47, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support, interesting, high EV, although without sound. Brandmeister^talk 10:44, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - okay, add another who thought it was a weird black and white photo. I've now played it and have to agree it has very good EV._{I even used up a slice of my restricted data allowance to watch it, proving how worthwhile I think it is!} SagaciousPhil - Chat 20:26, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics wind tests (1946).webm --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:13, 30 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Added it to Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Others. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:13, 30 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]