[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 5]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 14CFR1210.1]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION

 

PART 1210_DEVELOPMENT WORK FOR INDUSTRY IN NASA WIND TUNNELS--Table 

of Contents

 

Sec. 1210.1  Introduction.









Sec.

1210.1 Introduction.

1210.2 General classes of work.

1210.3 Priorities and schedules.

1210.4 Company projects.

1210.5 Government projects.

1210.6 Test preparation and conduct.



    Authority: 50 U.S.C. 511-515, 42 U.S.C. 2473(c)(5) and (6).



    Source: 51 FR 34083, Sept. 25, 1986, unless otherwise noted.





    (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



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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.