...research facilities More than 60 years ago, Congress created NASA's predecessor agency, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, "to supervise...of flight with a view to their practical solution." NACA, and later NASA, have responded to that mandate, producing a lengthy succession of important aeronautical...

...military and scientific sides of government and from the scientific community at large, were charged "to supervise and direct the scientific study of the...flight, with a view to their practical solution," and to "direct and conduct research and experiments in aeronautics." First among the tasks of the Committee...

...technology, and "in the application thereof." And if I could quote one phrase from that act, to the effect, "To supervise and direct the scientific study of the...flight, with a view to their practical solution." Usable maximum lift coefficient—the measure of an airplane's ability to operate safely at low speed...

...membership, and described its general task in words which need no improvement today: "... it shall be the duty of the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics...of a laboratory or laboratories, either in whole or in part, being placed under the direction of the committee, the committee may direct and conduct research...

...of powered flight. In l9l5 , Congress created the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) "to supervise and direct the scientific study of the...flight, with a view to their practical solution." NACA research over the next four decades played a significant part in establishment of the US as a...

...that committee. In that bill the Congress ordered that "it shall be the duty of the Advisory Committee to supervise and direct the scientific study of the...and their application to practical questions." In this simple and straightforward provision were planted the seeds of our aeronautical superiority today....

...rider to the Naval Appropriation Act, signed March 3, 1915. The responsibility of the new NACA was to "supervise and direct the scientific study of the problems of flight, with a view to their practice! solution. ..." The act also provided for the construction of aeronautical research facilities,...

...National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NAC A).1 Chartered by Congress in 1915, NACA was authorized to "supervise and direct the scientific study of the...of flight with a view to their practical solution ... to determine the problems which should be experimentally attacked, and to discuss their solution...

...re-establish the US pre-eminence in aeronautical research. The stated responsibility of the NACA was to "supervise and direct the scientific study of the...of flight with a view to their practical solution". The Congress provided funds for the construction of a laboratory at Hampton, Virginia, and from 1915...

...that committee. In that bill the Congress ordered that "it shall be the duty of the Advisory Committee to supervise and direct the scientific study of the...problems of flight, with a view to their practical and the solution and to determine the problems which should be experimentally attacked and to discuss...