Testing on Deck

In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt designated August 19 as National Aviation Day in honor of Orville Wright’s birthday, directing citizens to celebrate the day with activities that encourage an interest and appreciation for aviation. NASA's heritage in aviation research goes back more than 100 years. In this 2011 photo, NASA Langley Research Center engineers in Hampton, Va., use the Research Flight Deck flight simulator to continue developing new cockpit technologies, to make airliners safer and more efficient.

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