NACA

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/NACA

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
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