NACA

E86

aeronautics research organization government agency

NACA (the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) was the U.S. government agency that conducted pioneering aeronautical research and served as the predecessor to NASA.

Aliases (6)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aeronautics research organization → government agency →
abbreviation	NACA →
contributedTo	development of American civil aircraft → development of American military aircraft → early spaceflight-related research →
country	United States of America →
dateDissolved	1958-10-01 →
dateFounded	1915-03-03 →
dissolvedIn	1958 →
era	World War I → World War II → early Cold War → interwar period →
field	aeronautics → aerospace engineering → fluid dynamics →
foundedBy	United States Congress →
foundedIn	1915 →
fullName	National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics →
governmentBranch	executive branch of the United States →
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. →
jurisdiction	United States federal government →
legacy	foundation of modern American aeronautics research infrastructure →
legalForm	independent federal agency →
mergedInto	NASA →
mission	to conduct research in aeronautics for practical solutions → to determine the problems of flight that require study → to supervise and direct the scientific study of the problems of flight →
notableContribution	aircraft icing research → boundary-layer control research → compressibility and transonic flight research → development of NACA airfoil series → development of NACA cowling → high-speed aerodynamics research → pioneering wind tunnel research → propeller and engine cowling optimization →
operatedFacility	Ames Aeronautical Laboratory → Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory → Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory →
operator	NACA → NACA → NACA →
parentOrganization	United States federal government →
predecessorOf	NASA →
staffIncluded	engineers → scientists → test pilots →
status	defunct agency →
successorOf	NACA →

Referenced by (32)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ames Aeronautical Laboratory → Bell X-2 ("National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics") → Douglas X-3 Stiletto ("National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics") → Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory → Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory → X-Plane experimental aircraft programs ("National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics") →	operator
Bell X-1 ("National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics") → Bell X-1 → Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory ("National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics") → Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory →	operatedBy
Curtiss-Wright XLR25 ("National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics") → Northrop X-4 Bantam →	usedBy
NACA →	abbreviation
National Aeronautics and Space Act →	abbreviationOfReplacedAgency
United States rocket program ("National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics") →	administeredBy
Explorer 1 ("National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics") →	agency
Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory →	associatedWith
Douglas Engelbart →	employer
Langley Research Center ("National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics") →	foundedBy
NACA ("National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics") →	fullName
Joseph Sweetman Ames ("National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics") →	memberOf
NACA ("Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory") →	operatedFacility
NASA ("National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics") →	precededBy
Public Law 85-568 ("National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics") →	predecessorAgencyTransferred
NACA ("NASA") →	predecessorOf
Bell X-1 →	primaryUser
Douglas X-3 Stiletto →	programSponsor
National Aeronautics and Space Act ("National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics") →	replacedAgency
NASA Headquarters ("National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics central office") →	replaces
NASA →	successorOf
Public Law 85-568 ("National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics") →	transferredFunctionsFrom
Reaction Motors XLR11 →	usedByAgency