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    The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) was a United States federal agency founded on March 3, 1915, to undertake, promote, and institutionalize...
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  • The Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (ACA) was a UK agency founded on 30 April 1909, to undertake, promote, and institutionalize aeronautical research...
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    space program, aeronautics research, and space research. Established in 1958, it succeeded the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) to give...
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  • toward revitalizing American aviation by establishing the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), an organization dedicated to the science of flight...
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    role of acting deputy administrator. Chairmen of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NASA Chief Scientist NASA Strategic Management Handbook...
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  • The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was created in 1958 from the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), and other related...
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    made the problem more complex. Propeller research for National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) was directed by William F. Durand from 1916...
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    aerospace engineer at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), which in 1958 was succeeded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration...
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    Vannevar Bush (category National Medal of Science laureates)
    the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in 1938, and soon became its chairman. As chairman of the National Defense Research Committee (NDRC)...
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  • 2005) was an aeronautics engineer who worked for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, and later, for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration...
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    designated originally as the XS-1, and was a joint National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics–U.S. Army Air Forces–U.S. Air Force supersonic research...
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    associated manufacturing processes. The Act abolished the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), transferring its activities and resources to NASA...
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    NACA duct (category National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics)
    low-drag air inlet design, originally developed by the U.S. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), the precursor to NASA, in 1945. Prior submerged...
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    Douglas Aircraft Company for the U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics, in conjunction with the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). The Skystreak...
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    American mathematician and human computer who worked for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), and NASA, at Langley Research Center in Hampton...
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    NACA airfoil (category National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics)
    NACA stands for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, which was a U.S. federal agency founded in 1915 to undertake, promote, and institutionalize...
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    Aircraft Corporation, the United States Air Force and the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) to explore aerodynamic problems of supersonic...
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    Its value for the dynamic stabilization of missiles led to it being promptly studied by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). It proved...
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    NACA cowling (category National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics)
    Weick of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in 1927. It was a major advance in aerodynamic drag reduction, and paid for its development...
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    Medal of Honor. The medal was original awarded by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and was inherited by NASA. The first NASA version (type...
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    about twin sisters who worked for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) as "computers". She applied for a job the next day, and was hired...
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    (1907–1967) was one of the first Black female computers for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). Mann was born in 1907, in Covington, Georgia...
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    Hopkins University and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), Theodorsen went to NACA in 1929 as an...
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  • NACA score (category National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics)
    A NACA score (or National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics score) is a scoring system of the severity in cases of medical emergencies such as injuries...
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  • National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, a former federal agency of the US government, the forerunner of NASA. NACA may also refer to: National Agricultural...
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    George W. Lewis (category Medal for Merit recipients)
    1882 – July 12, 1948) was the director of aeronautical research at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) until he retired in 1947. He taught...
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    Mellon's campus is named for him. During this period, he was also chairman of the aeronautics and space engineering board for the National Academy of Engineering...
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  • curves by three parameters. Technical Note No. 902, National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics, Washington DC. [1] "Mechanical Properties of Materials...
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    for aviation ordnance testing. The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), forerunner of NASA, leased the lower 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) for...
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    Abe Silverstein (category National Aviation Hall of Fame inductees)
    manager at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). He was...
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