NASA - Test of Futuristic X-48C is Historic Wind Tunnel's Swan Song
A great piece of history going away.
Langley decommissioned the tunnel in 1995, and then leased it to Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va., for research and student engineering training. That lease was up this summer and the tunnel is scheduled for demolition because of its lack of national strategic importance, limited testing capability, deteriorating condition and the environmental liability associated with the materials used in its construction.
NASA - Test of Futuristic X-48C is Historic Wind Tunnel's Swan Song