Documents Online
From Model Research Vol. 2:
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4103/app-h3.htm#38
Appraisal of German Research in Comparison with the NACA
1946
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4103/app-h2.htm#21
NACA accomplishments c.1928
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4103/app-h4.htm#46
NACA proposal for expanding into space flight research 1958
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4103/app-h3.htm#36
National Aeronautical Research Policy 1946
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4103/app-h2.htm#18
National Aviation Policy 1920
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4103/app-a.htm#1
Naval Appropriations Bill rider P.L. 63-271 1915
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4103/app-h3.htm#30
Westover Committee Report 1938
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4103/app-h2.htm#22
ãWhy the NACA?ä and NACA responses 1930-1
From The Wind and Beyond
On a new type of wind tunnel (variable density) 1921 p.511-21
The NACA full-scale wind tunnel
1933 p.591-601
From Exploring the Unknown
Vol. 1:
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/ogc/spaceact.html
The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958
http://www.history.nasa.gov/report58.html
Special Committee on Space Technology, Recommendations to
the NASA on a National Civilian Space Program 1958
Books
Bugos, Glenn E. Atmosphere
of Freedom: Sixty years at the NASA Ames Research Center NASA
SP-2000-4314, 2000. Click here to view book online.
Dawson, Virginia P. Engines
and Innovation: Lewis Laboratory and American Propulsion Technology. NASA
SP-4306, 1991. Click here to view book online.
Hansen, James R. Engineer
in Charge: A History of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory,1917-1958. NASA
SP-4305, 1987. Click here to view book online.
Hartman,
Edwin, P. Adventures in Research: A History of Ames Research Center,
1940-1965. NASA SP-4302, 1970. Click here to view book online.
Hunley,
J. D., ed. Toward Mach 2: The Douglas D-558 Program. NASA SP-4222,
1999. This book is available online.
Mack,
Pamela E., ed. From Engineering Science to Big Science: The NACA and NASA
Collier Trophy Research Project Winners. NASA SP-4219,1998. This book is
also available online.
Muenger, Elizabeth A. Searching
the Horizon: A History of Ames Research Center, 1940-1976. NASA SP-4304,
1985. Click here to view
book online.
Roland,
Alex. Model Research: The National Advisory Committee for
Aeronautics,1915-1958. NASA SP-4103, 1985. This book is also available online.
Monographs
Gorn, Michael H. Hugh L.
Dryden's Career in Aviation and Space. Monograph in Aerospace History,
No. 5, 1996
Jenkins, Dennis R.,
Tony Landis, and Jay Miller. American X-Vehicles: An Inventory- X-1 to X-50
is Monograph in Aerospace History, No. 31, 2003 (SP-2003-4531). Click here to view monograph
Peebles, Curtis,
editor. The Spoken Word: Recollections of Dryden History, The Early Years is
Monograph in Aerospace History, No. 30, 2003 (SP-2003-4530). Click
here to view the monograph.
Misc. Publications
Flight Research at Ames,
1940-1997 (SP-3300, 1998).
The High
Speed Frontier: Case Histories of Four NACA Programs, 1920-1950. (NASA SP-445, 1980.)
Quest for
Performance: The Evolution of Modern Aircraft. (NASA SP-468,1985.) Out
of print.
Wind Tunnels
of NASA. NASA SP-440, 1981. Out of print.
NACA Chronology
http:history.nasa.gov/timeline.html
Chronology of events at NACA
http://history.nasa.gov/centtimeline/index.html
Timeline with pictures of events at NACA/NASA
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