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Historical Highway MarkersNational Advisory Committee for AeronauticsWY-101
The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) was established by Congress in 1915 to “supervise and direct the scientific study of the problems of flight.” The NACA created the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory at nearby Langley Field in 1917. Overseen by an advisory committee including Orville Wright and Charles Lindbergh, the laboratory created and used specialized wind tunnels and facilities to research and accelerate aeronautic technologies during peacetime and wartime from the 1920s to the late 1950s. In 1958, the NACA was superseded by the modern NASA and the laboratory was renamed the Langley Research Center.
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References/Bibliographic Citation: Baals, Donald D. and William R. Corliss, Wind Tunnels of NASA. Washington, DC.: NASA, 1981. Butowsky, Harry. Man in Space: A National Historic Landmark Theme Study, Phases I and II. Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, 1984. Hansen, James R., Engineer in Charge: A history of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, 1917-1958. Washington, D.C.: NASA, The NASA History Series, 1987. Hansen, James R., Speceflight Revolution, NASA Langley Research Center from Sputnik to Apollo. Washington, D.C.: NASA, 1995. |