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The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
Spurred by Smithsonian Secretary Charles D. Walcott, the NACA soon became the nation's preeminent aeronautical research organization and attracted some of the nation's most creative engineers.
Pioneering research by the NACA and its successor, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), solved many of flight's most difficult problems and greatly improved the performance and safety of all aircraft. The NACA/NASA developed some of the most important technological innovations in air transportation. This critical research continues today. |