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NACA experience provided a model for World War II research, the postwar government laboratories, and NACA's successor, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). NACA also participated in development of the first aircraft to fly to the "edge of space", North American's X-15. NACA airfoils are still used on modern aircraft.
Fred Ernest Weick (1899–1993) was an airmail pilot, research engineer, and aircraft designer. [1] Working at the NACA, he won the 1929 Collier Trophy for his design of the NACA cowling for radial air-cooled engines.
NACA Mid Atlantic includes New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Washington D.C. (and the Washington metropolitan area) and the Canadian province of Eastern Ontario. NACA Northeast includes Maine , New Hampshire , Vermont , Massachusetts , Rhode Island , Connecticut , and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec .
The Ferrari F40 sports car has "NACA style" side and hood scoops.. It is especially favored in racing car design. [4] [5] Sports cars featuring prominent NACA ducts include the Ferrari F40, the Lamborghini Countach, the 1996–2002 Dodge Viper, the 1971–1973 Ford Mustang, the 1973 Pontiac GTO, the 1979 Porsche 924 Turbo, the Maserati Biturbo, the Nissan S130, and the Porsche 911 GT2.
A NACA score (or National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics score) is a scoring system of the severity in cases of medical emergencies such as injuries, diseases or poisonings. It was developed from the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics for accidents in aviation.
Kathryn Peddrew (June 14, 1922 – March 4, 2012) was an African-American mathematician, engineer, and scientist who played a crucial role in the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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The NACA cowling enhanced speed through drag reduction while improving engine cooling. The cowling consists of a symmetric, circular airfoil that is wrapped around the engine. In a normal planar airfoil, like a wing, the difference in airspeeds, and their associated changes in pressure, on the top and bottom surfaces, enhances lift.