[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 5, Parts 1200 to end]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR1210.1]

[Page 72]
 
                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 1210--DEVELOPMENT WORK FOR INDUSTRY IN NASA WIND TUNNELS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1210.1  Introduction.

    (a) Authority. The regulations, as they apply to the Unitary Wind 
Tunnel Plan facilities, are promulgated under authority of the Unitary 
Wind Tunnel Plan Act of 1949, as amended, codified at 50 U.S.C. 511-515. 
This statute states ``The facilities authorized * * * shall be operated 
and staffed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration but 
shall be available primarily industry for testing experimental models in 
connection with the development of aircraft and missiles. Such tests 
shall be scheduled and conducted in accordance with industry's 
requirements, and allocation of laboratory time shall be made in 
accordance with the public interest, with proper emphasis upon the 
requirements of each military service and due consideration of civilian 
needs.''
    (b) Unitary wind tunnel plan facilities. The unitary wind tunnel 
plan facilities are the Ames Research Center 11- by 11-foot wind tunnel, 
9- by 7-foot wind tunnel, and 8- by 7-foot wind tunnel; the Langley 
Research Center 4- by 4-foot high Mach number test section and the 4- by 
4-foot low Mach number test section; and the Lewis Research Center 10- 
by 10-foot wind tunnel. These wind tunnels are operated by NASA for 
industry, NASA, the Department of Defense, and other Government agency 
projects.
    (c) National aeronautical facilities. The national aeronautical 
facilities include the National Transonic Facility (NTF) at Langley 
Research Center and the National Full-Scale Aerodynamic Complex, 
consisting of the 40- by 80-foot and the 80- by 120-foot wind tunnels 
and related support facilities at Ames Research Center. These facilities 
are operated by NASA for industry, NASA, the Department of Defense, and 
other Government agency projects.
    (d) All other wind tunnels. All other NASA wind tunnels will be used 
primarily for NASA research. However, all of these wind tunnels may be 
used for industry work when it is in the public interest either in joint 
programs with NASA or on a fee basis.
    (e) NASA policy. All the projects to be performed in any of the NASA 
wind tunnels must be appropriate to the facility.