University of Waterloo, Wind Tunnel [Published]

Photo caption from published versions of 62-1424_001 and 62-1424_004: "WIND TUNNEL PROJECT - Ernest Simpson (left) [62-1424_001] of the Custom Boat Company, RR 4, Kitchener, is building a 40-foot wind tunnel at the University of Waterloo. When completed, the tunnel will be used to test models of a hovercraft on which the university staff is doing research work. Prof. William Fallis (right) [62-1424_004] studies plans of the hovercraft, of which he hopes to build a flight model."

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Title: University of Waterloo, Wind Tunnel [Published]
Abstract: Photo caption from published versions of 62-1424_001 and 62-1424_004: "WIND TUNNEL PROJECT - Ernest Simpson (left) [62-1424_001] of the Custom Boat Company, RR 4, Kitchener, is building a 40-foot wind tunnel at the University of Waterloo. When completed, the tunnel will be used to test models of a hovercraft on which the university staff is doing research work. Prof. William Fallis (right) [62-1424_004] studies plans of the hovercraft, of which he hopes to build a flight model."
Item description: Image of Ernest Simpson working on the construction of a 40-foot wind tunnel.
General note: Title supplied by Kitchener-Waterloo Record staff.
62-1424_001 and a cropped version of 62-1424_004 appeared in the September 28, 1962 edition of the newspaper as part of the article: "U of W Seeks Data on Craft Which Can Skim Air and Water."
Publisher: Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Collection: Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection
Location: 62-1424
Identifier: 62-1424_001
Date created: 1962-09-28
Date published: Sep-62
Extent: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6 x 6 cm
Genre: negatives
Corporate creator name: Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Subject(s): University of Waterloo
Wind tunnels
Continent: North America
Country: Canada
Province: Ontario
Region: Waterloo (Ont. : Regional municipality)
City: Waterloo (Ont.)
Usage rights: Public Domain
Preferred citation: University of Waterloo Library. Special Collections & Archives. Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection. University of Waterloo, Wind Tunnel [Published]. 62-1424_001.