Claim: Orville Wright was appointed to NACA's board on January 29, 1920, and the mission of NACA was to promote military and civilian aviation through applied research that looked beyond current needs.
Evidence: On January 29, 1920, President Wilson appointed pioneering flier and aviation engineer Orville Wright to NACA's board. By the early 1920s, it had adopted a new and more ambitious mission: to promote military and civilian aviation through applied research that looked beyond current needs.