NACA

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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.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics	24
NACA canonical	15
Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory	1
NACA research facilities	1
NASA	1
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics central office	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aeronautics research organization ⓘ government agency ⓘ
abbreviation	NACA self-link ⓘ
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	NACA self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
governmentBranch	executive branch of the United States ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: 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 Research Center ⓘ surface form: Ames Aeronautical Laboratory NACA self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory ⓘ
operator	NACA self-linksurface differs ⓘ NACA self-linksurface differs ⓘ NACA self-linksurface differs ⓘ
parentOrganization	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
predecessorOf	NACA self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: NASA
staffIncluded	engineers ⓘ scientists ⓘ test pilots ⓘ
status	defunct agency ⓘ
successorOf	NACA self-linksurface differs ⓘ

Referenced by (43)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Douglas Engelbart → employer → NACA ⓘ

NACA → fullName → NACA self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

NACA → predecessorOf → NACA self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: NASA

NACA → successorOf → NACA self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: NASA

NACA → operatedFacility → NACA self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory

NACA → operator → NACA self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory

NACA → operator → NACA self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Ames Aeronautical Laboratory

NACA → operator → NACA self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory

NACA → abbreviation → NACA self-link ⓘ

NASA → precededBy → NACA ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

X-Plane experimental aircraft programs → operator → NACA ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

National Aeronautics and Space Act → replacedAgency → NACA ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

National Aeronautics and Space Act → abbreviationOfReplacedAgency → NACA ⓘ

Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory → operatedBy → NACA ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory → operatedBy → NACA ⓘ

Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory → associatedWith → NACA ⓘ

Langley Research Center → foundedBy → NACA ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

Bell X-1 → operatedBy → NACA ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

Bell X-1 → operatedBy → NACA ⓘ

Bell X-1 → primaryUser → NACA ⓘ

Bell X-2 → operator → NACA ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

Douglas X-3 Stiletto → operator → NACA ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

Douglas X-3 Stiletto → programSponsor → NACA ⓘ

NASA Headquarters → replaces → NACA ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics central office

Northrop X-4 Bantam → usedBy → NACA ⓘ

Joseph Sweetman Ames → memberOf → NACA ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

Public Law 85-568 → predecessorAgencyTransferred → NACA ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

Public Law 85-568 → transferredFunctionsFrom → NACA ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

United States rocket program → administeredBy → NACA ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

Explorer 1 → agency → NACA ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

Curtiss-Wright XLR25 rocket engine → usedBy → NACA ⓘ

subject surface form: Curtiss-Wright XLR25

this entity surface form: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

Reaction Motors XLR11 → usedByAgency → NACA ⓘ

Bell X-1B → operator → NACA ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

USAF serial 49-2892 → operator → NACA ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

George W. Lewis → employer → NACA ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

George W. Lewis → employer → NACA ⓘ

George W. Lewis → workLocation → NACA ⓘ

this entity surface form: NACA research facilities

Scott Crossfield → employer → NACA ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

Joe Walker → employer → NACA ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

Orville Wright → memberOf → NACA ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

Christopher C. Kraft Jr. → employer → NACA ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

NASA and SpaceX → predecessor → NACA ⓘ

subject surface form: NASA

this entity surface form: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

Katherine Johnson → employer → NACA ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics