NACA

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/NACA
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:NACA
gptkbp:contributedTo supersonic flight research
aerodynamic theory
development of jet engines
spaceflight research
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved 1958
gptkbp:focus aeronautics research
gptkbp:founded 1915
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:National_Advisory_Committee_for_Aeronautics
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label NACA
gptkbp:notableAircraft gptkb:Bell_X-5
gptkb:Douglas_D-558
gptkb:North_American_X-15
gptkb:Bell_X-1
gptkbp:notableContributor gptkb:NACA_airfoil
gptkb:NACA_cowling
gptkb:NACA_duct
rocket research
pilot training research
aerodynamic drag reduction
aircraft structures research
aviation safety research
early space technology
flight testing
laminar flow research
propeller research
supersonic research
transonic research
wind tunnel development
gptkbp:notableEmployee gptkb:Eastman_Jacobs
gptkb:Hugh_Dryden
gptkb:John_Stack
gptkb:Robert_T._Jones
gptkb:Theodore_von_Kármán
gptkbp:notableProject gptkb:Bell_X-5
gptkb:NACA_airfoil_series
gptkb:X-1_program
supersonic wind tunnels
gptkbp:operates gptkb:Ames_Aeronautical_Laboratory
gptkb:High-Speed_Flight_Station
gptkb:Langley_Memorial_Aeronautical_Laboratory
gptkb:Lewis_Flight_Propulsion_Laboratory
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:United_States_federal_government
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:NACA_Technical_Reports
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:successor gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4