{"id":38268,"date":"2015-04-21T13:17:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T17:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-355435"},"modified":"2023-07-25T12:09:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T16:09:43","slug":"probing-the-sky-selected-naca-research-airplanes-and-their-contributions-to-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/aeronautics\/probing-the-sky-selected-naca-research-airplanes-and-their-contributions-to-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Probing the Sky: Selected NACA Research Airplanes and Their Contributions to Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/probing-the-sky-alt-master.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1601\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/probing-the-sky-alt-master.jpg?w=1601\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Probing the Sky\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/probing-the-sky-alt-master.jpg 1836w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/probing-the-sky-alt-master.jpg?resize=235,300 235w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/probing-the-sky-alt-master.jpg?resize=768,982 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/probing-the-sky-alt-master.jpg?resize=801,1024 801w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/probing-the-sky-alt-master.jpg?resize=1201,1536 1201w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/probing-the-sky-alt-master.jpg?resize=1601,2048 1601w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/probing-the-sky-alt-master.jpg?resize=313,400 313w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/probing-the-sky-alt-master.jpg?resize=469,600 469w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/probing-the-sky-alt-master.jpg?resize=704,900 704w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/probing-the-sky-alt-master.jpg?resize=938,1200 938w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/probing-the-sky-alt-master.jpg?resize=1564,2000 1564w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1601px) 100vw, 1601px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><b>By Curtis Peebles<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the decades since the Wright brothers\u2019 first flights, a body of knowledge and tools, created in an evolutionary process of small steps, had been built up to guide engineers and researchers in developing new aircraft. The early wood-and-fabric biplanes had given way to all-metal monoplanes. Aircraft size, range, and payload had also grown, until the oceans could be spanned in a fraction of the time a ship would take. Speed became the critical factor in both commercial and military operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kindle readers: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Probing_the_Sky.mobi?emrc=a0ffc7\">MOBI<\/a> [7.3 MB]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All other eBook readers: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Probing_the_Sky.epub?emrc=113bef\">EPUB<\/a> [9.8 MB]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fixed layout: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/probing_the_sky.pdf?emrc=afba9d\">PDF<\/a> [18.4 MB]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Curtis Peebles In the decades since the Wright brothers\u2019 first flights, a body of knowledge and tools, created in an evolutionary process of small steps, had been built up to guide engineers and researchers in developing new aircraft. The early wood-and-fabric biplanes had given way to all-metal monoplanes. Aircraft size, range, and payload had […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":36824,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nasa_hds_core_meta_l10n":"en-US","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_editor":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_contacts":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_topic":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_linked_locations":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_related_articles":[],"hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_id":"","hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_type":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_x":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_y":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_gallery_images":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2660,11793,2821],"news-tags":[],"internal-terms":[],"coauthors":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Probing the Sky: Selected NACA Research Airplanes and Their Contributions to Flight","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/aeronautics\/probing-the-sky-selected-naca-research-airplanes-and-their-contributions-to-flight\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/aeronautics\/probing-the-sky-selected-naca-research-airplanes-and-their-contributions-to-flight\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/probing-the-sky-alt-master.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/probing-the-sky-alt-master.jpg"},"articleSection":"Aeronautics","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NASA"}],"creator":["NASA"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"NASA","logo":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/themes\/nasa\/assets\/images\/nasa-logo.svg"},"keywords":["Aeronautics","NASA Aircraft","E-Books"],"dateCreated":"2015-04-21T17:17:00Z","datePublished":"2015-04-21T17:17:00Z","dateModified":"2023-07-25T16:09:43Z"},"rendered":"<meta name=\"parsely-title\" content=\"Probing the Sky: Selected NACA Research Airplanes and Their Contributions to Flight\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-link\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/aeronautics\/probing-the-sky-selected-naca-research-airplanes-and-their-contributions-to-flight\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-type\" content=\"post\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-image-url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/probing-the-sky-alt-master.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-pub-date\" content=\"2015-04-21T17:17:00Z\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-section\" content=\"Aeronautics\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-tags\" content=\"Aeronautics,NASA Aircraft,E-Books\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-author\" content=\"NASA\" \/>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/nasa.gov\/p.js"},"read_time":1,"time_ago":"9 years","featured_image":{"id":36824,"file":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/probing-the-sky-alt-master.jpg","title":"probing-the-sky-alt-master","alt":"Probing the Sky","caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38268"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38268"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":469806,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38268\/revisions\/469806"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38268"},{"taxonomy":"news-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-tags?post=38268"},{"taxonomy":"internal-terms","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-terms?post=38268"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=38268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}