Space History Photo: Lawrence Clousing with a Lockheed P-80
From NASA
Date: 14 August 2012 Time: 08:00 AM ET
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A pilot prepares to test a Lockheed P-80 aircraft. CREDIT: NACA |
In this historical photo from the U.S. space agency, test pilot Lawrence A. Clousing climbs into his Lockheed P-80 aircraft on Jan. 1, 1948, for a test flight at the Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, Moffett Field, California.
The National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA) was a precursor to NASA. NACA was created by Congress in 1915.
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