Talk:National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

message: [To facilitate editing sections of this talk, I'm introducing "==" headings.  Hope no one minds.  --Rocksci 01:07, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks Ashley! Now I can pronounce it with confidence. By the way, the NACA inlet is also used in (relatively low-speed?) aircraft, perhaps mainly for air conditioning. - Marsian 10:58, 2005 Mar 5 (UTC)
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I'm thinking I should change "NACA duct, a form of air intake" to NACA duct, a boundary layer scoop". Am I getting too tekkie? The scoop functions in the boundary layer, so it can be flush-mounted, so less drag. It's used for various intake purposes in aviation, & notably as an extractor scoop in NASCAR.  Trekphiler 11:26, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

text: Yeah, I think that is too techie for here. Edit the NACA scoop article if you think more explanation is needed. --agr 00:00, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Old Talk 

message: The list of wind tunnels does not tell if they are at Langley, Ames, or elsewhere.  The 40x80 is at Ames, but is not on the list.  --Rocksci 01:07, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wind Tunnels 

message: This section describes Von Braun as the chief engineer of the V-1.  Despite what the corroborating articles say, I am certain that Von Braun played little or no part in the V-1 program.  Penemunde was split into Luftwaffe (V-1) and Army (V-2) sections which had nothing to do with each other beyond the sharing of some infrastructure.  Our own V-1 article says that "The V-1 was designed by Robert Lussar of the Fieseler company and Fritz Gosslau from the Argus engine works". Vgy7ujm 04:02, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Special Committee on Space Technology

message: Elsewhere, Hugh Dryden is listed as becoming Director of NACA in 1947 -- initially just Director of Aeronautical Research, and then just Director.  Apparently, this is different from being Chairman of NACA.
It seems to me that he figures more prominently in NACA history than many of the chairmen.  It seems this post did not exist before his appointment.  Is this so?  Why was it created?  Dryden, of course, went on to be Associate Administrator of NASA.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rocksci (talk • contribs) 11:52, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Director of NACA, role of Hugh Dryden 

message: Is it time to remove the expansion tag I added here in August of 2006? It's definitely not a stub anymore.  -- Strangelv (talk) 01:08, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. Removed. Binksternet (talk) 02:03, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expansion tag 

message: Those interested in this page may also be interested in Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2012_May_2#Category:National_Advisory_Committee_for_Aeronautics which discusses the fate of a large number of copied NACA reports here on Wikipedia. --Wtshymanski (talk) 19:33, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Discussion on NACA reports

message: I was reading a documentary which said that NACA during the 1920's vigorously defended its mission as THE source of theoretical aeronautical research.  When exactly in the '20's was this?  24.44.68.12 (talk) 19:08, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: NACA & Fundamental Research

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