National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/National_Advisory_Committee_for_Aeronautics_(NACA)
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Statements (24)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:NACA
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved 1958
gptkbp:established 1915
gptkbp:fieldOfWork aeronautics
aerospace engineering
gptkbp:headquarters_location gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA)
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:Vannevar_Bush
gptkb:Theodore_von_Kármán
gptkb:Hugh_L._Dryden
gptkbp:notableProject gptkb:NACA_airfoil
gptkb:X-1_program
wind tunnel research
gptkbp:operates gptkb:Ames_Aeronautical_Laboratory
gptkb:Langley_Memorial_Aeronautical_Laboratory
gptkb:Lewis_Flight_Propulsion_Laboratory
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:United_States_federal_government
gptkbp:purpose aeronautical research
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:National_Aeronautics_and_Space_Administration_(NASA)
gptkbp:successor gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Stratosphere_Chamber
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6