MAKING BUSES SAFE.—Few people would realise the vast amount of research work carried out at the modern laboratories at Chiswick by London Transport Company to ensure the safety, efficiency and comfort of the modern London omnibus. One feature of the laboratory is the special wind tunnel used for testing wind resistance. A model omnibus is used and actual working conditions reproduced in the tunnel. A front view of the wind resistance testing tunnel, showing the “window’ ’through which the expert watches the model bus.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 183, 6 July 1936, Page 4
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84MAKING BUSES SAFE.—Few people would realise the vast amount of research work carried out at the modern laboratories at Chiswick by London Transport Company to ensure the safety, efficiency and comfort of the modern London omnibus. One feature of the laboratory is the special wind tunnel used for testing wind resistance. A model omnibus is used and actual working conditions reproduced in the tunnel. A front view of the wind resistance testing tunnel, showing the “window’ ’through which the expert watches the model bus. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 183, 6 July 1936, Page 4
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