Talk:National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

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[edit] Old Talk

[To facilitate editing sections of this talk, I'm introducing "==" headings. Hope no one minds. --Rocksci 01:07, 18 April 2007 (UTC)]

I'm Japanese. You may think this is funny question, but please let me know, how do you pronounce NACA? Is this pronouced continiously like NASA or NATO (or like n-a-k-a)? Or separetely as RAF (or like enu-ei-see-ei)? (I have some more words like this. Are there some web pages relating this kind of problem?) -- Marsian 16:26, 2004 Sep 13 (UTC)

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)

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)

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)

Article Expansion

I concur, this article definitely needs expansion. Things that need to be addressed:

  • origins - including role of Orville Wright
  • contributions - major areas of research (yes, there are a lot; highlights would be good
  • organization - list of directors, the NACA centers, how it operated
  • transformation into NASA

A short chronological history might be good, but heavily overlaps the other pieces I've listed. --Rocksci 15:21, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

NACA Technical Reports

The NACA Techical Report server is no longer active at Langley. It has been merged into the "NASA Technical Reports Server (NSTR)" at http://nstr.nasa.gov. Therefore, the citation under External Links should be replaced; but with what?? --Rocksci 17:01, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

New content by wikipedia newbie

I can add a few things to this article, however, I'm a wikipedia newbie so some "polishing" might be needed.--Racingjs 03:32, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wind Tunnels

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)

[edit] Special Committee on Space Technology

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)

[edit] Director of NACA, role of Hugh Dryden

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)

[edit] Expansion tag

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)

Agreed. Removed. Binksternet (talk) 02:03, 29 May 2008 (UTC)