NACA-A Look Back, NASA history collection
Many of Langley Laboratory's early experiments focused on ways to reduce aircraft drag. One method was to place a cowling or covering over the engine cylinder heads, much like the hood over the engine of a car.... More
NACA-A Look Back, NASA history collection
Among the famous visitors to NACA facilities: Fred E. Weick, head of the Propeller Research Tunnel section from 1925-1929, in the rear cockpit; aviator Charles Lindbergh, in front cockpit; and Tom Hamilton, avi... More
NACA-A Look Back, NASA history collection
In this photo taken on March 15, 1929, a quartet of NACA staff conduct tests on airfoils in the Variable Density Tunnel, which, in 1985, was declared a National Historic Landmark. l to r Eastman Jacobs, Shorty ... More
NACA-A Look Back, NASA history collection
Amelia Earhart front row, center on the steps of Langley Research Building in 1928 before a tour. Legend has it that, during the tour, part of her raccoon fur coat was sucked into a high speed wind tunnel. Imag... More
NACA-A Look Back, NASA history collection
The historical evolution of airfoil sections from 1908-1944. The last two shapes are low-drag sections designed to have laminar, uninterrupted flow over 60 to 70 percent of chord on both the upper and lower sur... More
NACA-A Look Back - Public domain dedication image
Kitty Joyner, an electrical engineer for the NACA, at work in 1952. Image Credit: NACA NASA Identifier: 430746main_naca_kittyjoyner
NACA-A Look Back, NASA Glenn Research Center
This analog computing machine—a very early version of the modern computer—was located in the Fuel Systems Building at the Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory in Cleveland now the John H. Glenn Research Center. I... More
NACA-A Look Back. NASA public domain image colelction.
The NACA's seal. Image Credit: NACA NASA Identifier: 430835main_naca_seal
NACA-A Look Back. NASA public domain image colelction.
Twin jet exhausts are inclined toward the ground to simulate takeoff conditions for certain engine installations and to identify options for decreasing takeoff distances. Image Credit: NACA NASA Identifier: 430... More
NACA-A Look Back. NASA public domain image colelction.
A semispan airplane model and flow-direction vane mounted on the wing of a P-51D airplane for transonic tests by wing-flow method. Image Credit: NACA NASA Identifier: 430797main_naca_semispan