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THE EVOLUTION OF THE ROLE OF NACA AND NASA IN AERONAUTICS AND NASA'S AERONAUTICS CAPABILITIES
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From page 139... ... Olstad Acting Associate Administrator for Aeronautics and Space Technology National Aeronautics and Space Administration There are two sets of information that I am going to try and leave with you. The first has to do with the evolution of the role of NACA and NASA in aeronautics from the beginning of NACA up to the present time. Read the entire page →
From page 140... ... The meeting brought into sharp focus the problems involved in obtaining more powerful and more reliable engines for military aircraft and developed an arrangement whereby the Society of Automotive Engineers became involved in providing assistance in solving aircraft powerplant problems. A year later, the NACA recommended the establishment of the Aircraft Production Board. Read the entire page →
From page 141... ... As a result they were able to advocate successfully the Full-Scale Wind Tunnel and the Seaplane Towing Tank, which were built at Langley in l930. In the late l920s, industry representatives began to serve on NACA technical subcommittees and annual industry conferences were held at Langley. Read the entire page →
From page 142... ... The special committee came up with what they called a mobilization plan in l939, in which it recommended the establishment of a second NACA laboratory. The reasons were, first, to relieve the workload at Langley; second, to disperse the facilities in the event of attack; third, to locate close to a major segment of industry that was now on the West Coast; and fourth, to locate close to available power. Read the entire page →
From page 143... ... leadership in aviation and also a link with the military. As a result of entering the Space Age and the concentration on that activity, both the manpower devoted to aeronautics and the aeronautics budget within NASA were cut to half their previous levels. Read the entire page →
From page 144... ... There were major increases during World War II and during the commitment to the supersonic flight program. The spike at about l950 represents the Unity Plan Wind Tunnel Act. Read the entire page →
From page 145... ... Computational flow simulation is a real strength at Ames. In the wind tunnel experimental investigations area, Figure ll shows an example of V/STOL configuration work with a model tested in the ll-Foot, 40- by 80-Foot, and l2-Foot Wind Tunnels. Read the entire page →
From page 146... ... Flight test techniques are illustrated in Figure l6. This shows one of the calibrated cones mounted on the nose of an aircraft, used to obtain flight data to compare with the wind tunnel data in terms of transition Reynolds number; just one of many examples of flight test techniques activities that go on at Dryden. Read the entire page →
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... Olstad Acting Associate Administrator for Aeronautics and Space Technology National Aeronautics and Space Administration There are two sets of information that I am going to try and leave with you. The first has to do with the evolution of the role of NACA and NASA in aeronautics from the beginning of NACA up to the present time.

THE EVOLUTION OF THE ROLE OF NACA AND NASA IN AERONAUTICS AND NASA'S AERONAUTICS CAPABILITIES Pages 139-183

THE EVOLUTION OF THE ROLE OF NACA AND NASA IN AERONAUTICS AND NASA'S AERONAUTICS CAPABILITIES
Pages 139-183