A-26, 705

AT-5, 661

A313 Skywarrior, 272 ill.

Abbott, Charles G., 142 ill., 188, 189, 427, 433

Abbott, Ira H., 345, 353, 361, 380, 385, 387, 487, 490, 499, 719, 720

abolition of the NACA proposals for. See National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.

accelerometer, 119, 637

Ackert, Jacob, 705

Adams, Joseph P., 354, 356, 359, 427, 435

Adams, Sherman, 389

Admiralty (British), 571, 572

Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), 296, 298, 299

Advisory Commission to the Council ofNational Defense. See National Defense Advisory Commission.

Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (American). See National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.

Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (British). See Aeronautical Research Committee.

Aerial Equipment Association, 2

Aero Club of America, 7, 10, 17, 20, 351

Aero Digest, 130, 132, 135, 356, 652, 657, 660, 665

aerodynamics, 92-93, 97, 103, 105, 108, 162, 186, 194, 207, 245 ill., 247, 278, 285, 289, 321, 343,

349, 361, 370, 481, 572, 581-82, 587-88, 633, 679, 699-700, 713, 754

Aerodynamics Division, Langley Laboratory. See Langley Laboratory.

Aeronautical Board, 167, 323, 676, 677

Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce, 690, 693

aeronautical intelligence. See National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.

Aeronautical Patents and Design Board. See National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.

Aeronautical Research Committee (British), 3-4, 12, 21, 22, 28, 62, 185, 322, 325, 557, 571-72, 595, 596, 601, 643. See also British Royal Aircraft Factory.

Aeronautical Society (U.S.), 4-5

Aeronautical Society of America, 42, 330

Air Commerce Act, 61

Air Commerce Act of 1926, 67, 70, 75, 99, 151, 357, 393, 395, 423, 629, 639, 665, 674

Air Commerce, Bureau of. See Commerce, Dept. of.

Air Corps, U.S. Army. See Army Air Corps.

Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory (AERL). See Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory.

Aircraft Industries Association, 214, 215, 721, 722, 724

Aircraft Manufacturers Association, 40, 41, 329-30, 336, 604, 605, 607-08

Aircraft Production Board (Council of National Defense), 39, 43, 44

Air Engineering Development Center. See Arnold Engineering Development Center.

Air Force Association, 284

Air Force, U.S., 398, 399-400

aeronautical research by, 271, 273, 299, 374

membership on NACA, 287, 398, 426, 431, 462-65, 716

and NACA research, 296, 298, 729-30

Scientific Advisory Board, 226, 284

airmail, 33, 51, 141, 327, 634, 635, 636, 640

Air Mail Act of M5, 71

Air Mail Act of 1934, 152

Air Ministry (British), 104

Air Research and Development Command Ballistic Missile Div., 293

Air Safety Board, 396

airships, 127, 599, 643, 649

airspeed indicator, 118 ill., 644

Air Transport Association, 721

Aldershof, 148, 149

Alison, John R., 427, 434

Allen, Harvey J., 133, 285, 286 Ill., 502, 503

Allen, James, 13

Allen, William M., 442

Allis-Chalmers, 189-90, 686, 689

Allison Division, General Motors, 651, 686, 689

Alsos mission (to Germany), 211, 376

American Airlines, 182

American Philosophical Society, 230

American Physical Society, 231

American Rocket Society, 294

Ames, Adelbert, 332

Ames Joseph S., 41, 44-45, 47, 48, 53, 62, 67, 69-70, 73, 76, 77 ill., 82, 89, 90 ill., 92, 100-01, 136, 140, 142 ill., 147, 149, 153, 162, 169, 170 ill., 173, 186, 226, 233, 274, 284, 330-31, 342, 344, 346, 352, 398, 411, 414, 427, 439, 441, 443, 445, 446, 447, 457, 484, 485, 486, 487, 488, 524, 534, 621, 622, 623, 628, 636, 639, 646, 663, 665, 666, 667

Ames, Milton B., Jr., 342, 379, 382, 488, 490

Ames Aeronautical Laboratory (AAL), 170, 174-75, 176, 195, 240 ill., 256 ill., 260 ill., 480, 507, 510 ill., 524, 525 ill., 526-27, 699

Anderson, Clinton, 294

Anderson, John Z., 159

Apollo program, 297

area rule, 280-81, 286

Army Air Corps, 162, 360, 367

Army Air Corps Act, 70-71, 339, 374, 393, 395-96, 412

Army Air Forces, 199-200, 213-14, 216, 331, 332, 370, 373, 694, 695

Scientific Advisory Board, 184, 203, 217

Scientific Advisory Group, 203

Army Air Service, 61, 81, 90, 334, 478, 630, 632, 633, 634

Army Ballistic Missile Agency Development Operations Division, 293, 730

Army Material Command, 192

Army-Navy Aeronautical Board, 177

Army-Navy-British Purchasing Commission, joint Aircraft Committee, 185

Army-Navy Munitions Board, 175

Army-Navy-NACA plan of I February 1944, 184

Army Signal Corps, 395, 399, 598

Army, U.S., 340-41, 397-98, 399-400, 581, 583, 635, 646, 676. See also Army Air Corps, Army Air Forces, Army Air Service, McCook Field, Army Signal Corps, Wright Field.

aeronautical research by, 7, 21, 53, 87-88, 136, 158, 178, 196-97, 213, 289-90, 299, 343, 596, 598, 678, 684, 693, 695

membership on NACA, 39, 128, 287, 288, 289, 324, 394, 396, 398, 423, 426, 431, 462-65, 601

and NACA research, 2, 6, 20, 80-83, 103, 139, 141, 145, 154, 156, 178, 192-94, 197, 214, 238, 255-56, 397, 468, 478, 552, 597-98, 603, 648, 666, 670, 671, 673, 683, 693, 722

Scientific Advisory Group, 226

Arnold, Hap, 156, 157, 158, 160, 189, 192, 193 ill., 203, 204, 213, 217, 220, 360, 363, 367, 370, 374, 427, 431, 678, 679, 683

Arnold Engineering Development Center, 214, 216, 219, 271, 376, 377, 386, 400

Arnstein, Karl R., 642, 647

Asquith, Herbert H., 3, 571

Astin, Allen V., 427, 433

atmospheric wind tunnel. Sec wind tunnel.

Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), 255, 294, 297

Atwood, John L., 442, 488

Austria. See research, European.

autogiro, 131, 134, 655, 661. See aLo helicopter.

Automobile Club of America, 579

Auxiliary Flight Research Station, 507

Aviation Magazine, 61, 109, 115, 133, 163, 169, 330, 334, 346, 350, 356

Ayer, Bruce, 211, 375

B-17, 236 ill.

B-24, 180 Ill.

B-29, 688n

B-32, 195

Back River, 80, 121, 603

Bacon, David L., 342, 661

Bacon, R. H. S., 571

Badger, William L., 452, 453, 460

Baeumker, Adolf, 147-48, 371

Bailey, Clyde G., 504

Baker, Lucille D., 503

Baker, Thomas F., 504, 505

Ballistic Missile Div., Air Research and Development Command. See Air Research and Development Command.

balloon factory, Aldershot, 571

Bamber, MillardJ., 537

Bane, Thurman H., 57, 60, 333, 343, 4271, 431

Barker, F. W., 42, 330

Barnaby, R. S., 645, 646

Barnard, Daniel P., 450

Bassett, Preston R., 427, 434, 439, 487

Baxter, Edwardj., 494

Becker, John V., 345, 346, 498

Beeler, De E., 504

Beelifant, George E., 503

Beigborn, John A., 501

Bell, Alexander Graham, 2, 323, 325, 585

Bell, Mrs. Alexander Graham, 2

Bell, Lawrence D., 442

Bell, Robert L., 490

Bell Aircraft Corp., 191, 192, 387

Bellanca, G. M., 668

Bellman, Donald R., 504

Betts, Edward W., 503

Bibliography of Aeronautics, 46, 443

Biermann, David, 501

Bingham, Hiram, 69, 221, 338, 349, 355, 357

Bioletti, Carlton, 303

Bisplinghoff, Raymond L., 450

Bleeker, M. B.,

Bleriot, Louis, 4

blunt-body concept, 285, 286 ill.

Bode, Hendrick W., 458

Bodemuller, Rudolph, 456

Boeing Aircraft Corp., 129, 376, 686, 689

Bonney, Walter T., 321, 322., 323, 343, 353, 364, 387, 388, 490

Borah, William E., 62

Boulton, B. C., 646, 647

boundary-layer control, 131, 134, 140, 226, 529-30, 531 ill~, 532, 533, 534, 535-36, 537-39, 541-50, 628 637, 697, 704, 715, 765, 767-68

Bowling, Morris E., 505

Bracy, H. Burton, 494

Brady, George W., 451

Braig, Eugene C., Jr., 494, 496

Braig, James R., 493, 494, 495

Bray, J.S., 647

Brett, George H., 363, 427, 431

Brewer, R. W. A., 642-43, 647

Brien, R. L., 452

Briggs, Lymanj., 427, 433, 440, 441, 448, 485, 486, 643, 646, 687

Bristol, Mark L., 29 ill., 35, 36, 427, 432

British Royal Aircraft Factory, 3, 62, 120. See also Aeronautical Research Committee.

Bronk, Detlev W., 427, 435

Brookings Institution, 149-50, 301, 325, 332, 358-59, 673

Brown, Arthur A., 451, 452

Brown, Clinton E., 498

Brown, John S., 494

Browne, F. L., 647

Brumbaugh, Kenneth D., 495, 497

Buck, Andre G., 503

Buckingham, Edgar, 188, 369

Buckley, Edmond C., 499

"Buck Rogers," 192, 370

Budget, Bureau of the, 78-79, 108, 116, 119, 127, 128, 139, 145, 147, 149-50, 159, 165, 207, 214, 217, 228, 229, 237, 238, 256, 258, 259, 260-61, 263, 264-65, 266, 274, 279, 280, 286, 289, 294, 295, 299, 301, 340, 386, 387, 388, 390, 401, 468, 686, 693, 695

budget, NACA. Sec Funding, U.S. govt.

Burden, William A. M., 427, 434, 690, 691, 692, 693

Burgess, George K., 340, 427, 433, 440, 441, 445, 447, 484, 485, 606, 644, 645, 646, 663

Burgiss Co., 604, 606

Bush, Vannevar, 153, 163, 165, 168, 169, 170 ill., 171 ill., 177, 178, 188, 189, 198 ill., 201, 202, 208, 209, 210, 217, 252-53, 284, 330, 345, 357, 359, 362, 365, 366, 367, 371, 373, 375, 379, 427, 439, 441, 457, 486, 686, 687, 688, 689, 690, 691, 692

Butler, Sherwood L., 500

Butter, T. Melvin, 500

Byllesby, H. H., 446

Byrd, Harry, 150, 359

Byrnes, Martin A., Jr., 504, 505

Caldwell, Frank W., 344, 362, 451, 453

California Institute of Technology, 158, 167-68, 542, 547-48, 678, 679, 681, 682, 686. See also jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Campbell, E. S., 647

Campbell, Kenneth, 450

Campini ducted fan, 191

Carmichael, Leonard, 427, 433

Carnegie Institution, 10, 16, 284

Carroll, Thomas, 352, 485, 535, 538, 638, 648

Case School of Applied Science, 542

Case Western University, 299. See also Case School of Applied Science.

Cassady, John H., 427, 432

Cattaneo, Alfred G., 454, 488

Census Bureau, U.S., 51

centrifugal supercharger. See supercharger.

Chamberlain, Edward H., 345, 347, 487, 491

Chamberlain, E. T., 334, 633

Chamberlain, William G., 647

Chambers, W. Irving, 6-7, 8-10, 11-12, 15, 16, 572, 584, 585, 588, 590

Chance Vought Corp., 116, 668

Chayne, C. A., 621

Chenoweth, Opie, 450, 451, 460

Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, 151, 359, 393, 396-97, 423

Civil Aeronautics Administration. See Commerce, Dept. of.

Civil Aeronautics Authority. See Commerce, Dept. of.

Civil Aeronautics Board. See Commerce, Dept. of.

civil aviation. See Industry and National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.

civilian- military liaison committee proposal, 297

Civil Service Commission, 276

Clark, Frank J., 492

Clark, Virginius E., 352, 355-56, 427, 431

Clark Y airfoil, 350, 541

Clason, Stanley B., 501

Classification Act of 1949, 276

Clauser, Milton 0., 458

Cleveland, Ohio, 166, 364, 369, 371

Clouser, John B., 494

Coffin, Howard E., 35-36, 39, 63, 66, 328, 335, 338

Colby, S. K., 642, 646

Coleman, Donald G., 648

Collier Trophy, 114, 116, 125, 195, 235, 250, 255, 256, 261, 280, 351, 383

Collins, John H., Jr., 493, 502

Colman, Philip A., 455

Colwell, A. T., 727

Combs, Thomas S., 427, 432, 727

Comet (British jet airliner), 269

Commerce, Dept. of, 52, 54, 55, 59, 62, 63, 64-67, 70, 222, 478, 666, 333, 335, 357, 395, 667, 685

Air Commerce, Bureau of, 131, 673-74, 675

Bureau of Aeronautics, proposals for, 629-30, 632, 634, 635-36

Civil Aeronautics Administration, 151, 205, 686, 690, 694, 695, 716, 722

Civil Aeronautics Authority, 396-97, 398

Civil Aeronautics Board, 151, 336, 396, 435, 694

Liaison Committee on Aeronautics Radio Research, 126, 135

membership on NACA, 423, 424, 434, 587, 588, 594, 629, 636

Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of Government, 387

Committee, NACA, 25n., 29-30, 73-74, 76, 101-02, 151, 231-32, 287-88, 405, 406, 423-65, 484-88, 716

Aerodynamics, Committee on, 74, 109, 110, 115, 126, 140, 164, 188, 226, 247, 278, 362, 380, 424,

436, 439, 448, 450, 451, 453, 454, 455, 456, 459, 460, 461, 486, 487, 532, 533, 549, 636, 717

Aeronautical Inventions and Design, Committee on, 75, 102, 119, 436, 441, 485, 486

Aeronautical Research Facilities, Special Committee on, 149, 358, 436, 457

Aeronautical Research Facilities, Special Survey Committee on, 160, 186, 361, 369, 436, 457

Aeronautical Research in Educational Institutions, Special Committee on, 152, 436, 457

Aeronautical Research in Universities, Subcommittee on, 102, 152, 359, 436, 440, 448

Aircraft Accidents, Committee on, 102, 436, 441, 485, 486

Aircraft Construction, Committee on, 424, 425

Aircraft Fuels, Committee on, 128, 436, 449, 487

Aircraft Construction 424, 425, 436, 440, 447, 449, 450, 452, 454, 455, 459, 460, 487, 718

Aircraft Structures, Committee on, 102, 151, 164, 279, 362, 436, 440, 448, 486, 487, 645

Airships, Subcommittee on, 127, 436, 440, 448, 486, 544

Buildings, Laboratories, and Equipment, Subcommittee on, 344, 436, 441, 444, 484, 618

Coverings, Dopes, and Protective Coatings, Subcommittee on, 126, 354, 436, 440, 447, 645

Dual Rotation of Propellers, Subcommitee on, 181, 440

Executive Committee, NACA, 28-29, 34-35, 39-407 41, 45, 47, 57, 60-61, 106, 110, 148 ill., 153, 252, 285, 290 ill., 300, 327-28, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 338, 339, 340, 344, 347, 354, 358, 361, 362, 363, 365, 367, 376, 380, 386, 387, 404, 405, 408, 409-10, 416, 417, 421-22, 424, 533, 535, 537, 555, 597, 608, 609, 622, 664, 686, 717, 718

Federal Regulation of Air Navigation, Subcommittee on, 58, 60, 61, 334, 337, 633

Future Research Facilities, Committee on, 154, 437

Governmental Relations, Committee on, 33, 74, 127, 437, 439, 484, 485

Heat Exchangers, Subcommittee on, 181, 379, 437, 439, 452

Heat-Resisting Materials, Subcommittee on, 182, 379, 437, 439, 453, 487, 718

High Speed Aerodynamics Committee, 247, 437, 439, 454, 487

Icing Problems, Subcommittee on, 182, 437, 442, 451, 487, 718

Industry Consulting Committee, 205, 207, 209, 210, 242, 437, 442, 487, 718, 721-25

Instruments, Subcommittee on, 102, 448, 485

jet Propulsion, Special Committee on, 189-90, 425, 437, 452, 458

Materials for Aircraft, Committee on, 74, 109, 126, 437, 440, 447, 486, 636, 644-46

Metals and Aircraft Structures, Subcommittee on, 109, 645

Metals for Turbosupercharger Wheels and Buckets, Subcommittee on, 181, 437, 440, 452, 453, 460

Meteorological Problems, Subcommittee on, 102, 126, 425, 437, 439, 442, 448, 485, 486, 487, 718

Miscellaneous Materials, Subcommittee on, 126, 437, 449, 486

Motive Power, Committee on, 32, 37, 437, 439

New Engine Research Facilities, Special Committee on, 161, 163, 164

Operating Problems, Committee on, 182, 424, 437, 441, 448, 450, 451, 455, 456, 461, 487, 718

Organization of Governmental Activities in Aeronautics, Special Committee on, 53, 332

Patents, Subcommittee on, 39, 41, 42, 329, 330, 374, 437, 445, 603-04, 607, 608

Personnel, Buildings, and Equipment, Committee on, 74, 110, 346, 350, 353, 438, 441, 457, 484, 485, 486

Power Plants for Aircraft, Committee on, 73-74, 88, 109, 110, 162, 163, 164, 165, 186, 343, 362,

379, 381, 424, 438, 439, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 456, 459, 460, 461, 484, 486, 487, 717

Problems of Air Navigation, Committee on, 102, 109, 126, 438, 441, 449, 485

Problems of Communication, Subcommittee on, 102, 126, 438, 449, 485

Proposed Consolidation of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics with the Bureau of

Standards, Special Committee on, 137

Publications and Intelligence, Committee on, 74, 438, 441, 485, 486, 555

Relation of NACA to National Defense in Time of War, Special Committee on, 149, 153-54, 167, 438, 457, 675

Research Policy, Special Committee on, 145

Research Program on Monocoque Design, Subcommittee on, 126, 425, 438, 440, 449

Seaplanes, Subcommittee on, 438, 440, 450, 486, 487

Self-propelled Guided Missiles, Special Committee on, 438, 458

Site for Experimental Work and Proving Grounds for Aeronautics, Subcommittee on, 80, 603

Site Inspection, Special Subcommittee on, 165, 438

Site, Special Committee on, 165, 362

Space Tech nology, Special Committee on, 292, 438, 458

special committees, 332, 417, 425-426, 457-458, 462

special subcommittees, 359, 417, 425-26, 440, 441, 459-61, 462

Structural Loads and Methods of Structural Analysis, Subcommittee on, 151, 438, 448

subcommittees, 32-33, 74, 379, 405, 406-07, 411, 413, 414, 417, 421-22, 424-25, 426, 439, 440-41, 442, 443-56, 462

Vibration and Flutter, Subcommittee on, 181, 425, 438, 440, 441, 450, 459, 486, 487

Welding Problems, Subcommittee on, 181, 438, 440, 452, 460

Woods and Glues, Subcommittee on, 126, 438, 440, 447, 645

compressibility, 93, 199

compressor, 193, 370, 710

Compton, Karl T., 427, 433

Condon, Edward U., 255, 379, 427, 433

Cone, H. L, 640, 641

conflict of interest. See cross-licensing agreement, industr),.

Congress, House of Representatives

Appropriations Committee, 19, 121, 135, 136, 159, 265, 322, 324, 34-0, 342, 347, 354, 357, 360, 361, 367, 384, 385, 594

Armed Services Committee, 218-19, 219-20, 260, 265, 377, 385

Economy Committee, 136

Independent Offices Appropriations, Subcommittee on, 221, 264, 342, 354, 360, 361, 367

Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Committee on, 64, 269, 385

Inquiry into Operations of the U.S. Air Service, Select Committee of, 68

Naval Affairs, Committee on, 11, 14, 22, 23-24, 322, 325, 327, 337, 591, 592, 393, 594

Congress, joint Committee on:

Atomic Energy, 294

Reorganization of Executive Departments, 67, 68

Congress, Senate

Appropriations Committee, 136, 269, 270, 364, 385

Armed Services Committee, 260, 269, 389

Commerce Committee, 64, 335

Executive Agencies of Government, Select Committee to Investigate, 673

Expenditures in the Executive Dept., Committee on, 269, 385

National Defense Program, Special Committee on Investigating the, 374

Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee, 291

Space and Astronautics, Special Committee on, 297

Connolly, Donald H., 427, 435

contracting. See National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.

Cook, Arthur B., 142 ill., 154, 160, 360, 427, 432, 457, 678

Cooley, John L., 450

Coolidge, Calvin, 68, 69, 137, 337, 412, 414, 667, 668

Coordinator of Research. See National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.

Corsair (navy aircraft), 129 ill.

cowling. See NACA cowling.

Craigie, Laurence C., 382, 427, 431

Crain, Percy J., Jr., 499

Craven, Thomas T., 333, 366, 371, 427, 432

Crawford, Frederick C., 213-14, 388, 427, 434, 439, 488

Crisp, W. Benton, 39, 41, 604, 605, 606, 607, 608

Cronstedt, Val, 450, 459

cross-licensing agreement, 37, 39-40, 41, 42-43, 47, 52, 61, 66-67, 68, 130, 144, 329, 330, 603-08

Crowley,john W., Jr., 212 ill., 228, 234, 246, 376, 487, 488, 490, 498, 629, 638, 648, 714

Culver, C. C., 636

Curry, John F., 372, 427, 431

Curtiss, Glenn H., 2, 4, 21, 38, 324-25, 329, 341, 576, 585, 589

Curtiss Airplane and Motor Corp., 329, 335, 343, 604, 607

Curtiss-Burgess Co., 39, 40, 330

Curtiss hydroaeroplane, 573, 575

Curtiss-Wright Co., 163, 686, 689

Cushman, Ralph E., 491

 

D-558, 250 ill., 382

DC-3, 236 ill.

DC-6, 274 ill.

Dalzell, John, 323, 585

Damon, Ralph S., 428, 433, 442, 727

Daniels, josephus, 31-32, 41-42, 43, 324, 328, 330, 602

Daniels, Parmely C., 491

Darwin, Horace, 571

Davidson, Ralph B., 455, 488

Davies, M. Helen, 502

Davies, R. V., 647

Davis, Thomas, W. S., 386, 428, 434

Davis, William V., Jr., 432

Dawson, Carl H., 494

Dawson, George L., 637, 648

Day, C. H., 604, 607

Dayton, Ohio, 166

Dearborn, Clinton H., 490, 498, 501

de Bothezat, George, 89, 90 ill~, 91-92, 187-88, 331, 344, 369, 618, 621

Defense, Dept. of, 263, 293, 296, 297, 299, 374, 400, 401, +02, 423, 424, 730

Munitions Board, 266

National Military Establishment, 204, 208, 217, 266, 397, 399-400

DeFrance, SmithJ., 160, 173, 174 ill., 196 ill., 361, 364, 376, 487, 488, 502, 547, 648

DeKlyn, John H., 33, 82, 84, 327, 331, 339, 341, 484, 619

de la Meurthe, Henry Deutsch, 584

Dembling, Paul G., 322, 490

Dempsey, James R., 458

de Pinedo, 639

design, aircraft, 4, 162, 278, 395-96, 577-78, 632

engine, 120 ill., 369-70, 371, 650, 671, 672

wing, 345, 371, 530, 531 ill., 532, 534 ill., 535, 536, 539, 540 ill., 541, 542, 544, 545-46, 548, 549, 550, 641, 650, 655, 658-59, 661, 704-06, 715, 766-67

Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei, 147

Development Operations Div., ABMA. See Army Ballistic Missile Agency.

Dewey, William E., 495

Dey, William, Jr., 494

Dickinson, H. C., 450, 486

Diehl, Walter S., 454, 487,- 488, 538-39, 646

Dix, Edgar H., Jr., 455, 645, 647

Doherty, Robert E., 434

Doll, Walter, 450

Doolittle, James H., 283, 284 ill., 285, 287, 292, 295, 300, 379, 388, 428, 435, 488, 727

Douglas, Donald W., 690

Douglas, Lee F., 453, 488

Douglas Aircraft Co., 215

Downs, Harry G., 503

Drake, Herbert M., 505

Draley, Eugene C., 498

Draper, C. Stark, 456, 488

Dryden, Hugh L., 171 ill., 188, 220, 225-26, 227 ill., 228, 230, 232, 233, 234, 238 ill., 242, 245, 247, 252, 256, 257 ill., 266, 276, 277, 278, 279-80, 287, 292, 295, 297, 298, 321, 349, 350, 370, 377, 378, 379, 382, 454, 458, 487, 488, 490, 544, 547, 550, 647, 713, 716, 727

Duberg, John E., 499

Duncan, Donald B., 428, 432

Dunne, J. W., 606n

Dupree, A. Hunter, 143, 156-57, 197, 201, 323, 326, 331, 332, 357, 358, 361, 372, 373

Durand, William F., 12, 29 ill., 33, 41-42, 44, 46, 48, 69, 76, 165, 189, 190 ill., 285, 322, 323, 326, 328, 329, 330, 331, 338, 339, 342, 354~ 358, 370, 409, 428, 434, 445, 446, 452, 457, 458, 484, 604, 607, 667

Dyna-Soar, 285, 388

Easton, John, 451

Echols, Oliver P., 370, 428, 431, 686, 688, 689, 690

Eclipse Aviation Co., 542

Edwards, Martin A., 456

Eiffel, Gustave, 580, 581, 583, 584

Eisenhower, Dwight D., 263, 279-80, 285, 286, 290, 293, 294, 296, 297, 298-99, 300, 387, 389

Elder, James W., 501

Ellyson, Lieut., 575, 576

Ely, Eugene, 576

Emley, Warren E., 449, 486

Emmons, Howard W., 450

Engine Research Division, Langley Laboratory. See Langley Laboratory.

engineering, 7, 8

federal role, 14, 21, 22, 35, 37, 292, 368

vs. science, 12, 21, 92, 99-100, 101, 122-23, 131-33, 179, 235-38, 255, 284, 321, 652-61

engineers, 539

support for NACA, 25, 121-22, 275, 668-69, 685

vs. scientists, 3, 4, 8, 89, 92, 95-96, 104, 105, 238, 243-44, 345, 614

engines, 33, 34-35, 36-37, 41, 51, 88-89, 114, 119, 160-63, 177, 186, 190, 192, 351, 361, 367, 369-70, 546, 604, 605-08, 638, 651, 654, 671, 672

Cyclone, 18, 688n

J-5, 650

radial, J14, 641

Whittle jet propulsion engine, 191

Wright Whirlwind, 352, 650

Espenschiel, Lloyd, 449

The Etrich, 573

European Office (NACA). See National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.

Everett, John C., 495

Evvard, John C., 493

Executive Salary Act, 276, 295

F6C-4, 658

F94F, 519 ill.

F-102, 281

facilities, NACA. See National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.

Fagg, Fred D., Jr., 428, 434

Fairchild Aviation Corp., 376, 642

Fairchild, S. M., 642, 644, 647

Faurote, Fay L., 607

Fechet, James E., 428, 431

Fedden, Roy, 689

Federal Aviation Commission, 145, 152, 358, 359

Federal Power Commission, 211

Federal Works Agency, 478

Fedziuk, Henry A., 498

Ferraro, Charles D., 494

Finan, William, 295

Findley, Earl N., 647

Fischel, Jack, 505

Fitch, Aubrey W., 428, 432

Flettner cylinder, 134

Flight Propulsion Research Laboratory. See Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory.

Flint, A. H., 604, 607

Foley, Helen N., 504

Foote, Paul D., 428, 433

Ford, Helen G., 496

Forest Products Laboratory, 357, 478, 646, 647, 695

Forrest, Mervin, 499

Foss, Benjamin S., 604, 605, 607

Foss, Noble, 604, 605, 606, 607

Foulois, Benjamin D., 339, 358, 428, 431

France. See research, European.

Freeman, Arthur B., 484, 502

Freeman, Hugh B., 537-38, 539-41, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548-49, 550

Freeman, John R., 428, 434

Froesch, Charles, 4, 488

Frontiers of Flight (George C. Gray), 213

Fry, Howard 0., 498

full-scale wind tunnel. See wind tunnel.

fundamental research. See research, NACA.

funding, U.S. govt.

applied science, 155-56, 578-79

military, 24, 51, 57, 214, 217, 400, 578, 595, 600-01, 635

NACA, 31-32, 39-40, 46, 73, 77-79, 108, 117, 121, 136-37, 139, 142-45, 152, 159-60, 165, 175, 218-19, 221-22, 239, 256, 259, 263-65, 268, 270, 273, 279-80, 281, 286, 34-0, 384-85, 388, 393, 394-95, 398, 400, 401-02, 405, 417, 422, 467-81, 592, 602, 632, 653, 7169 764

scientific R&D, 14-15, 16, 17, 19-20, 22, 280, 3859 481, 372, 373, 587, 601, 617, 632

Furnas, Clifford C., 428, 433

Gabriel, David S., 494

GALCIT. See Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory of the California Institute of Technology.

Garbett, J. Leslie, 505

Gardncr, Henry A., 447

Gardner, Lester, 61, 62, 321, 334

Gardner, Matthias B., 428, 432

Garrick, Isadore E., 498

Gayhart, E. L., 647

General Accounting Off-ice (GAO), 267-69

General Electric Co., 189-90, 191, 192

Germany. See research, European.

Getsug, Joseph, 500

Gibbons, Louis C., 496

Gillette, H. W., 447, 485, 645, 646

Gillmore, William E., 428, 431

Gilruth, Robert L., 498, 499

Glazebrook, R. T., 571

Glerman, T. Keith, 299

Glenview, Ohio, 166

Goddard, Robert, 187

Goering, Hermann, 147-48

Goett, Harry J., 502, 503

Goland, Martin, 450, 488

Goldmark, Henry, 457

Goodyear-Zeppelin Corp., 642

Gordon, Victor, 493, 494

Gottingen University, 3, 148, 535, 550, 573, 624

Gough, Melvin N., 499

Government Printing Office, U.S., 551

Grant, L. M., 459, 486

Gray, George, 323, 345, 349, 369, 371, 376, 380, 382, 585

Great Britain. See research, European.

Green, Arthur W. F., 453

Greene, Carl F., 691

Greenhill, G., 571

Gregg, Willis R., 153, 154, 428, 433, 448, 457, 678

Grey, C. G., 62, 325

Griffith, Leigh M., 48, 73, 85-86, 88, 95, 331, 338, 341-42, 344, 345, 354, 446, 484, 555, 609, 618

Gross, Robert E., 442, 687, 690

Guggenheim, Daniel, 155

Guggenheim, Harry F., 150, 152, 346, 359, 428, 663, 667

Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory ofthe California Institute of Technology (GALCIT), 155, 156, 158, 681, 682

Guggenheim Fund for Promotion of Aeronautics, 102, 122, 149, 152, 346, 354, 370, 435, 640-41

Gulick, Beverly G., 495, 497

gust tunnel. See wind tunnel.

 

 

Hadden, Charles, 571

Hall, Charles W., 641, 647

Hall, Jesse H., 494, 497

Hall, Robert L., 727

Hallet, Major, 187

Hallion, Richard P., 247, 249, 322, 323, 324, 354, 382

Hamilton, Charles M., 504

Hamilton, Harry H., 500

Hammerly, Edgar N., 492

Hammond, John H., Jr., 585, 589, 590

Hampton, Va., 340, 603

Handley-Page boundary-layer research. See boundary-layer control.

Hanks, John H., 502

Harding, Warren G., 58, 60, 62, 78, 137~ 333, 340, 411, 633

Harlow, Bryce, 389

Harris, J. H., 604, 607

Harris, Thomas A., 499, 501

Harrison, Lloyd, 428, 432, 648

Hartman, Edwin P., 182, 215, 234-35, 236, 237, 364, 368, 374, 377, 380

Hatcher, Robert S., 450, 459, 488

Hayes, 0. Norman, Jr., 505

Hayford, John F., 29 ill., 57, 333, 336, 338, 344, 428, 434,_ 439, 445, 446, 484, 604, 608

Hazen, Ronald M., 207, 209, 428, 434, 439, 487, 727

Hearn, George M., 501

Heath, E. B., 336

Heath, Spencer, 647

Heldenfels, Richard R,, 499

helicopters, 97, 118 ill., 131

Helms, Charles H., 352, 354, 357, 376, 447, 449, 487, 492, 543-44, 545

Hemke, Paul E., 542, 661

Henry, Dolphus E., 500

Heppe, R. Richard, 451, 488

Herbert, Frank E., 337, 342

Hermann, Charles A., 494, 495, 497

Hertzog, Alvin, S., 502

Hester, Clinton M., 428, 435

Hicks, F. C., 54, 56, 57, 62, 333, 334

Higgins, George J., 637, 648

high-speed flight. See supersonic flight.

High Speed Flight Station (HSFS), 253, 480, 488

Muroc Flight Test Unit, 249, 487, 508, 714

High Speed Flight Research Station. See High Speed Flight Station.

High Speed Panel (NACA). See National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.

Hill, J. Bennett, 450

Hinckley, Robert H., 160, 428, 434

Hindenburg, 127, 147

Hines, Wellington T., 428

Hinshaw, Carl, 158, 360

Hinz, Leslie F., 494, 496

Hispano-Suiza engine patent. See patent.

Hitler, Adolf, 147-48, 360

Hobbs, Leonard S., 442

Hobson, Franklin J., 322-23, 495

Holaday, William H., 375, 450, 487

Hood, ManleyJ., 503

Hooker, Roy W., 500

Hoover, Herbert, 62, 63, 105, 135, 137, 143, 222, 281, 301, 335, 336, 338, 349, 362, 387

Horner, H. Mansfield, 375, 442, 487

Hotel Chamberlain. See Old Point Comfort.

House of Representatives. See Congress.

House, Rufus 0., 498

Houston, George H., 604, 605, 606, 607, 608

Houston, John P., 503

Howe, Edward A., 500

Huff, T. H., 648

Hulcher, Charles A., 497

Humble, Leroy V., 494

Humphreys, W. J., 585, 588, 589

Hunsaker, Jerome C., 18, 19 ill., 21, 91, 92, 127, 152, 158, 162, 163, 168-69, 170, 171 ill., 178, 184, 191, 192, 196 ill., 198 ill., 199, 200, 205, 206 ill., 208-09, 210, 213, 214, 225, 226, 227, 228, 230, 232, 241, 246, 252, 266-67, 269, 270, 279-80, 283, 284 iD., 286, 287, 321, 324, 325, 337, 343, 344, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 369, 372, 374, 375, 378, 380, 383, 386, 388, 414, 418, 428, 432, 434, 441, 448, 450, 487, 684, 686, 691, 692, 703

Hunter, Wilson H., 452, 487, 497

Huntsberger, Ralph S., Jr., 502

hydrodynamics, 5, 82-83, 321

 

 

ice-research tunnel. See wind tunnel.

icing research, 195, 235, 236 ill., 256, 548, 654

Ide, John Jay, 75, 99, 147, 148 ill., 149, 184, 198, 241-42, 339, 346, 354, 467, 485, 486, 492, 532, 534, 557

Imperial Defense, Committee of, 571

independent air force, 59, 68

industry, 7, 17, 20, 23, 35, 38, 40, 41, 42-43, 44, 630, 681, 682

and NACA research, 34, 108-09, 113, 117, 119, 122, 128-29, 131, 136, 137, 141, 151, 155, 156, 158, 161-63, 166, 167-69, 178, 184, 186, 197, 200, 204, 205, 215-17, 218, 219-20, 234, 235, 238-39, 243-45, 247, 249, 255-56, 261, 272, 275, 279, 287, 288-89, 396, 400, 404, 420, 538, 539, 542, 548, 557-58, 648, 650, 652-57, 660, 661, 662-64, 668-69, 684, 687-88, 690, 693-95, 722, 723-24, 725-26

conferences, 111, 112 ill., 113-14, 121, 142 ill., 162, 232-33, 246, 636-49, 656, 661, 719

economics, 51, 99, 108-09, 125, 126, 207, 372-73, 670, 671

federal regulation of, 51-52, 59, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70, 332, 632

inspections, 182, 233, 246, 719-20, 725

membership on NACA, 34, 58, 61, 62, 65, 109-11, 126-27, 129-30, 163-65, 169, 170, 173, 181, 182,

189-90, 205-06, 207, 208, 209-11, 242-43, 273, 285, 288, 303, 426, 433, 462-65, 684, 690-93, 716, 721, 722, 723

military, relations with, 34-35, 36-37, 39-40, 44, 46, 52, 59, 111, 151, 196-98, 214-15, 247, 249, 261,302, 640, 644, 646, 693, 695, 726

support of aeronautical research, 3, 88-89, 138-39, 158-59, 195-96, 207, 272, 687, 725

Ingraham, W. M., 38, 328

Institute of Aeronautical Sciences, 284, 321, 691, 693

instruments, 119, 247, 348, 577, 637, See also accelerometer, airspeed indicator, velocity- gravity recorder.

International Aeronautic Commission, 579

International Aeronautic Congress (5th), 579

Italy. See research, European.

 

 

Jackson, Eugene B., 490

Jacobs, Eastman, 185, 188, 189, 191, 194, 369, 370, 501, 542, 543, 544, 545 ill., 546, 547, 548, 550, 648

Jacobson, Daniel H., 451

Jefferies, Zay, 643, 645, 646

Jenkins, E. S., 452, 460

Jenks, G. F., 452, 460

jet propulsion, 97 134, 185-86, 187-94, 198, 200, 204, 211, 213, 247, 270 ill., 278, 343, 369-70, 371, 552, 588, 695, 703, 712

jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology), 294, 300, 302

J-5 engine. See engine.

Joachim, W. F., 485, 638, 648

joint Army-Navy Board, 206, 629

joint Committee on Atomic Energy. See Congress.

Johnson, Clarence L. ("Kelly"), 195, 250, 382, 387, 727

Johnson, Ernest, 499

Johnson, J. B., 646

Johnson, Lyndon B., 291, 293, 297, 389

Johnson, W. Kemble, 500

Johnston, S. Paul, 169, 178, 367, 491

Jones, Bennett Melville, 689

Jones, Robert T., 133, 345, 354, 483

Joukowski, N. E., 705

Journal of the Society of Automotive Engineers, 536

Joyce, T. N., 647

 

 

Kahn, Julius, 54, 62, 333, 334

Kaplan, Carl, 498

Katzmayr, Richard, 532, 533, 534, 537, 550, 629, 646

Keenan, Joseph H., 454, 487

Keffer, Percy R., 501

Kelly Air Mail Act. See Air Mail Act of 1925.

Kelley, Bartram, 453

Kelley, James V., 503

Kelley, Raymond D., 455

Kemper, Carlton, 486, 497, 501

Kenly, William L., 428, 431

Kent, Marion 1., 505

Kerlin, Virginia M., 491

Keys, C. M., 335, 343

Killian, James R., Jr., 280, 291, 294, 295, 296, 298, 299, 387

Kilner, Walter G., 163, 334, 361, 428, 434, 633

Kindelberger, J. H., 350, 375, 442

King, Ernest J., 142 ill., 358, 428, 432

Kirshbaum, Howard W., 503

Klemin, Alexander, 153, 350, 353-54, 360, 646, 66.7

Klemperer, Wolfgang, 647

Kline, Gordon M., 454

Knight, Montgomery, 537

Knight, William, 332, 339

Kotlas, Harry, 495

Kramer, Stewart V., 495

Kraus, Sydney M., 363, 428, 432

Krieger, R. L., 487, 488

Kuhn, Thomas S., 134, 356

 

 

Lachmann boundary-layer research. See boundary-layer control.

Lacklen, Robert J., 491, 492

LaGuardia, Fiorello H., 356, 665

Lamb, William E., 64, 336

larninar flow. See boundary-layer control.

laminar-flow wings. See low-drag wings.

Lampert, Florian, 68, 337

Lanchester, F. W., 344, 571

Land, Emory S., 428, 432, 533, 647

Langley Aerodynamical Laboratory. See Smithsonian Institution.

Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory (Hampton, Va.), 46, 79-80, 81-87, 99-100, 101, 104-05, 111-12, 117, 121, 140, 141, 142 ill., 145, 149, 154, 159, 161 ill., 170, 182, 201 ill., 233, 247, 254, 323, 340, 341, 343, 345, 347-48, 350, 351, 352, 354, 355, 357, 358, 364, 395, 398, 399, 410-11, 416, 468, 477, 480, 484, 487, 488, 507, 509 ill., 514, 539, 541-42, 543, 546, 547-48, 550, 628, 632, 636, 656, 662, 673, 683, 693, 698-99, 703, 719

Aerodynamics Division, app. 256, 260, 485, 486, 533, 537, 637

Engine Research Division, 369, 533

Flight Operations Section, 485, 638

Flight Research Section, 638

NACA tow tank, 108, 117, 185 ill., 268 ill., 509 ill., 514, 537

Power Plant Div., 485, 637

site selection, 80, 82-83, 340, 362

Langley, Samuel P., 1, 2, 8, 12, 21, 25, 321, 324-25, 585

La Pierre, C. W., 442

Larsen, Robert G., 453

Larson, Karl, 452

Lawrance, Charles W., 641, 646

Lawrence, William C., 451, 459

Lawton, William J., 501

Lay, Charles E., 668

Lee, Frederic P., 336

Lee, John G., 379, 451, 454

Leiter mansion, 177, 507

Le May, Curtis, 214, 255

LePage, W. L., 647

Lewis, Bernard, 454

Lewis, George W., 60 ill., 63, 66, 76, 77 ill., 84, 85, 88, 89, 90 ill., 92, 95, 96, 97, 101, 102, 103, 104-07, 112 ill., 115, 116, 119-20, 121, 122, 127, 130, 133, 135, 138-39, 141, 142 ill., 147, 148 ill., 154-55, 162, 168-69, 170, 171 ill., 178, 179, 187, 188, 193 ill., 196 ill., 198 ill., 202, 204-05, 209, 211, 212, 221, 225, 226, 227, 22B, 229, 231-32, 234, 238, 242, 245-46, 249-50, 286, 302, 321, 330, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 342, 344, 346, 347, 348-49, 350, 352, 354, 356, 358, 360, 363, 370, 371, 375, 376, 379, 380, 411, 439, 449, 450, 458, 467, 477, 483, 485, 486, 487, 488, 490, 511 ill., 533, 534, 535, 536, 538, 539, 541-42, 544, 546, 547, 548, 549, 550, 555, 556, 637, 644, 646, 648, 651, 659, 660, 678, 683, 689, 690, 699, 713, 714, 716, 767

Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory, 175-76, 186, 193 Ill., 194, 211, 233, 240 ill., 264 ill_ 361, 507, 514, 527, 528 ill., 693

Liaison Committee on Aeronautics Radio Research. See Department of Commerce.

Liberty engine, 186

Lindbergh, Charles A., 99, 125, 130, 142 ill., 147, 154, 160, 162, 428, 434, 457, 641, 643, 667

Littell, Robert E., 490, 491, 492

Little, Delbert M., 450, 459

Littlewood, William, 182, 207, 209, 428, 433, 439, 442, 456, 461, 487, 488, 691, 692

Lockheed Aircraft Corp. 550, 668, 686, 689

Lockheed Air Express, 116

Locning, Grover, 450, 453, 487, 668

Longwell, John P., 454

Lonnquest, Theodore C., 428, 432

Lord, Herbert M., 352, 648

Lorentz, Henry E., 492

Los Angeles (airship), 649

Louden, F. A., 727

Lovelace, W. Randolph, 458

low-drag wings, 195, 538, 542, 545-46, 549, 552, 704, 705

Lumpkin, George C., 497

Lundin, Bruce T., 493

Lundquist, Eugene E., 499

Lynch, Arthur J., 505

 

M-3 aircraft, 658

ME-163, 712

McAdams, W. H., 452

McAvoy, William H., 486, 499, 503

McBrearty, Jerome F., 455

McCain, John S., 428, 432

McCann, William J., 364, 379, 493, 495, 496

McCarthy, Charles, J., 352, 428, 435, 440, 488, 647

McCauley, George D., 492

McComb, Thomas M., 496

McCook Field (U.S. Army), 80-81, 343, 344, 536

McCormick, Harold F., 324, 589

MacCracken, William P., Jr., 346, 359, 428, 434, 439, 441, 667

Mac:Dill, Leslie, 644, 646

McDonald, John C., 455, 488

McDonnell, J. S., Jr., 535-36

McIntosh, Lawrence W., 428, 431

Maclaurin, Richard C., 7-8, 12, 13, 15, 322, 323, 324

Mach number, 697, 698, 699, 700, 705-06, 715, 719

McNath, Robert, 332

Maher, Edward T., 500

Mallock, H. R. A., 504

Malvestuts, Frank S., Jr., 504

Manganiello, Eugenej., 493

Mann, James R., 323

Manson, Samuel S., 493

Manufacturers' Aircraft Association, Inc., 41, 51, 328, 335, 355

Mapes, Carl E., 135, 356

Marchant, John H., 450

Marks, Lionel S., 188, 369

Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), 730

Martin, Glenn L., 329, 334, 633

Martin Aircraft Co., 129, 268 ill.

Marvin, Charles F., 29 ill., 335, 428, 433, 439, 440, 443, 448, 484, 485, 603, 646

Massachusetts Institute of Tecl-mology, 8, 12, 18, 163, 283, 324, 327, 544, 575

Maxim, Walter, 496

Mayo, William B., 499

Mead, Georgej., 163, 170, 173, 175, 177, 196 ill., 207, 350, 361, 362, 363, 364, 374~ 428, 433, 439, 458

Mead, James M., 203, 204, 206 ill., 207, 218

Melot, M., 187

membership on NACA committees. See Air Force, U.S.; Army, LT.S.; Industry; and Navy, U.S.

Menoher, Charles T., 334, 343, 429, 431, 633

Messick, John C., 499, 501

Meyer, George, 5, 10

MiG- 15, 262

MiG-19, 262

Mikle, Ferril R., 502

Milburn, L. C., 647

Miller, E. Eugene, 380, 492

Miller, Elton W., 133, 345, 500, 501, 536, 538, 544, 546, 637, 648, 657

Miller, N. Phillip, 495, 496

Miller, W. H., 647

Millikan, Clark B., 454, 456, 488, 538, 547-48, 550, 678

Millikan, Robert A., 155, 157, 188, 331, 360

Mills, L. Russell, 505

Mingle, H. B., 604, 605, 606, 607, 608

missiles. See research, NACA-1 Research and Development Board, Guided Missiles Committee.

Mitchell, (General) "Billy," 59, 65, 66-67, 68, 69, 86, 99, 130

Mitchell, Hugh, 374

Mitscher, Marc A., 429, 432

Mixon, Robert E., 500, 501

Mochel, Norman L., 453, 487

Modarelli, James J., 494

Moffett Field, 155, 165, 173, 364, 693

Moffett, William A., 333, 334, 336, 429, 432

Mooney, J. D., 647

Moore, Charles S., 496

Morgan, William C., 648

Morris, Howard H., 500

Morrow, Dwight, 69, 337, 346, 668

Morse, F. L., 604, 606

Moulton, Harold G., 358-59

Mulcahy, Bertram A., 488, 490, 494

Muller, Margaret M., 485, 486, 490

Mulligan, Denis, 429, 434

Munitions Board (National Military Establishment). See Defense, Dept. of.

Munk, Max, 92-93, 94 ill., 95, 96 ill., 97, 98, 99-100, 103, 105, 106, 107, 122-23, 130, 131-32, 133, 134, 145, 146, 158, 237, 344, 345, 347, 355, 510, 532, 533, 535, 544, 550, 618, 629, 652, 657, 659, 661

Muroc Air Base, Calif., 249

Murray, Robert B., Jr., 429, 434

Mustang. See P-51 Mustang.

Mustin, H. C., 53, 332

Myers, Thomas E., 456, 461

NACA cowling, 107 Ill., 113, 114 ill., 115-17, 131, 235, 351, 352-53, 641-42, 642-43, 655, 659, 661, 670

NACA Membership Act of 1948, 265, 393

NACA Muroc Flight Test Unit. See High Speed Flight Station.

NACA Overtime Act (1942), 183, 393

Nahigyan, Kevork K., 495

Nance, John A., 492

National Academy of Sciences, 12, 45, 158, 189, 230, 323, 369, 730

Research Board for National Security, 202, 213

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), 27-28, 30-31, 43, 47-49, 53, 60 ill., 283, 299-303, 321, 324, 325, 326, 329, 333, 337, 344, 353, 359, 365, 366, 370, 402-03, 507, 585. See also committee, NACA; funding, NACA; research, NACA.

abolition, proposals for, 45, 65, 67, 130, 136, 145, 149-50, 207, 336

advisory role, 71, 73, 178, 196, 287, 330, 363, 396, 404, 409, 412, 415, 420, 600-01, 610-11, 634, 639, 665

Aeronautical Intelligence, Office of, 33, 46, 74, 75, 99, 206, 243, 339, 380, 484, 485, 486, 621-28

Aeronautical Patents and Design Board, 374

and civil aviation, 53-70, 141, 151, 287, 395, 396-97, 404, 420, 548, 558, 598, 631, 639, 648, 665, 669, 693-94, 729

contracts, 33-34, 45, 46, 88, 178, 183, 198, 246-47, 327-28, 397-98, 400, 544, 555, 714, 763

Coordinator of Research, 168-69, 363, 365, 366

establishment, proposals for, 6-25, 27, 322, 326, 328, 479-84, 595-96

European Office, 234, 241, 243, 485, 486

High Speed Panel, 213

legislation, 393-403, 423, 468, 591-92, 602, 658

merger with Dept. of Commerce, proposals for, 64, 66, 67, 70, 130, 135, 137, 222, 295, 301, 338, 357, 665-68, 669-70, 673-75

and military aviation, 128, 141, 167-68, 178, 179, 192-93, 195, 196, 197-98, 204, 247, 249, 259-64, 270-72, 287, 288-89, 357, 376, 396, 404, 420, 535, 548, 549, 558, 597-98, 600, 631, 639, 648, 666, 669, 683, 689, 693, 729

NACA Shore Camp, 121, 142, 353

personnel, 33, 47, 74, 75-76, 79, 95, 97, 121-23, 143, 145, 149, 167, 169-71, 173, 183-84, 227-32, 234, 236-38, 242, 260, 265, 268, 274-77, 286-87, 288, 338, 387, 397, 399-400, 401-02, 408, 410-17, 418-19, 421-22, 483, 537, 543, 610, 613-14, 656, 661, 675, 676-78, 701, 716, 750, 764

Publications, Office of, 243-44, 381

regulations, 393, 403-22

Research Analysis, Office of, 244, 245-46

Research Information, Division of (Hq), 243, 244-45

Space Flight Research Center, 296, 389

university relations, 33-34, 122, 130, 133, 135, 145, 152-53, 156-58, 164, 167-68, 170, 178, 183, 184, 196, 197, 216, 218, 237, 246-47, 381, 384, 400, 555, 678-79, 701

Western Coordination Office, 182, 183, 215, 365, 380

National Aerodynamical Laboratory Commission. See Woodward Commission.

National Aeronautical Research Policy (1946), 208

National Aeronautics, 154

National Aeronautics and Space Act (1958), 296, 299, 390, 393, 402-03

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 283, 296, 299-300, 321, 328, 364, 377, 389, 390-91, 402-03, 728

National Aeronautics and Space Agency, 296

National Aeronautics and Space Council, 297

National Bureau of Standards (NBS), 5, 11, 21, 24-25, 46, 88, 128, 135, 139-40, 162, 186, 189, 226, 227, 322, 340, 343, 357, 377, 394, 395, 398, 423, 433, 468, 478, 544, 547, 555, 579, 588, 589

National Defense Advisory Commission (NDAC), 178, 185, 366

Airplane and Engine Division, 177

National Defense Reorganization Act (1947), 204

National Defense Research Committee (NDRC), 171, 177, 197, 226, 366, 372

National Inventors Council, 206

National Military Establishment. See Defense, Dept. of

National Physical Laboratory (British), 3, 4, 104, 116, 571, 643, 658

National Research Council, 44, 45-46, 47

National Science Foundation, 201, 202, 373, 730

National Security Council, 263-64, 280

National Supersonic Research Center, 213, 214, 216, 218, 249, 254, 376, 695, 702, 703 ill.

National Unitary Wind Tunnel Plan. See Unitary Wind Tunnel Plan Act, 1949.

Naval Aircraft Factory, 678, 679

Naval Research Laboratory, 300

Navy Building (Washington, D.C.), 507

Navy, U.S., 13-14, 52, 54, 61, 340-41, 397-98, 399-400, 572-77, 581, 583, 587, 588, 595, 596, 598, 633, 640, 646, 665, 667, 676, 682, 685. See also Washington Navy Yard.

aeronautical research by, 5-6, 7, 9, 21, 28, 53, 87-88, 136, 289-90, 321, 343, 357, 400, 593, 596, 678, 683, 693, 695

Bureau of Aeronautics, 57, 115, 162, 177, 367, 533-34, 541, 629, 632, 634, 635, 694

membership on NACA, 39, 128, 285, 287, 288, 324, 394, 396, 398, 423, 426, 462, 592, 593, 594, 601, 716

and NACA research, 2, 19, 23, 80, 115. 139, 141, 145, 156, 214, 238, 255-56, 397, 405, 408, 468, 478, 533-34, 535, 537, 538-39, 541, 552, 602, 648, 649-50, 651, 666, 670, 671, 673, 683, 693, 722, 729-30

Neill, Thomas T., 381, 488, 490

NEPA. See Nuclear Energy for Propulsion of Aircraft.

New York University, 112, 153

Newton, Byron R., 429, 434

Nixon, Richard, 270, 385

Noble, Edwardj., 429, 434

noise reduction, 111, 285

North American, 686, 689

Northrup Aircraft Corp., 542, 543

Northrup, John K., 442

Nor-ton, F. H., 345, 648

Noyes, C. R. Finch, 334

Nuclear Energy for Propulsion ofAircraft (NEPA, U.S. Air Force program), 383

nuclear-powered aircraft. See research, NACA

Nye Committee, 141

Nyrop, Donald W., 429, 435

Oak Point Club. See NACA Shore Camp.

O'Donnell, William J., 455, 488

Ofstie, Ralph A., 429, 432

Old Point Comfort, 111, 142, 636

Olsen, Walter T., 493

On the Frontier: Flight Research at Dryden, 1946-1981 (Richard P. Hallion), 249

Organ, Mabry V., 496

Organization of the Executive Branch of Government, Commission on, 222

Ovington, Earl, 668

Owen, 0. W., 327

P-38, 195, 371

P-51 (Mustang), 195, 549, 705

PN-9 (Navy seaplane), 69

PW-9, 637, 638, 658

Pace, Ernest M., Jr., 432, 648, 687, 689, 690

Pace, Thomas A., 429, 497

Packard Co., 686, 689

Padgett, L. P., 592, 593

Palmer, Richard W., 668

Parker, James S., 338

Parkinson, John B., 499

Parsons, John F., 364, 502

patents, 34, 38, 39-40, 41, 75, 102, 117, 328

Hispano-Suiza engine patent, 604, 606, 607

Patents and Design Board, 347, 395-96, 412, 415, 457

Patrick, Mason M., 335, 337, 429, 431

Peale, Mundy I., 442

Pentagon. Sce Defense, Dept. of.

Perkins, Kendall, 727

personnel. See National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.

Petavel, J. E., 571

Pfingstag, Carl J., 429, 432

Phillips, E. M., 453

Phillips, Franklyn W., 488, 491

Pickering, William H., 458

Pigott, R. J. S., 453

Pilotless Aircraft Research Division. See Wallops Island Pilotless Aircraft Research Station.

Pinkel, Benjamin, 493, 501

Pinkel, J. Irving, 494

Pinnow, Bruno A., 495

Pirie, Robert B., 429, 432

Plum Brook, Ohio, 285, 488, 508

policy, See research.

Pollvea, Myron J., 495

Pooie, Mamie G., 503

Porter, C. T., 647

Post Office Dept., 33, 52, 53, 54, 57, 61, 337, 629, 630, 632, 634, 635, 666

Power Plant Div., Langley. See Langley Laboratory.

Powers, Edwards M., 429, 431, 727

Praeger, Otto, 327

Prandtl, Ludwig, 3, 92, 158, 355, 387, 529-30, 532, 538, 573

Pratt and Whitney Co., 177, 351 ~ 362, 365, 668, 686, 688, 689

Pratt, Henry C., 429, 431, 663

Pratt, Perry W., 456

President's Aircraft Board, 69, 70

President's Air Policy Commission, 716

President's Science Advisory Committee (PSAC), 280, 291, 294

Prewitt, Richard H., 453

Price, John Dale, 429, 432

Progressivism, 10, 16, 20, 23, 25, 326

propellers. See research, NACA.

propulsion, rocket. See research, NACA.

Public Law 80-313 (1947), 275-76

Public Law 472 (1950), 277, 401

Public Works Administration, 144, 358

publication. See reports, NACA; research, NACA

Puckett, Allen E., 454

Pupin, Michael L, 29 Ill., 39, 429, 433, 444

Putt, Donald L., 429, 431, 727

Pyle, James T., 429, 435

Quarles, Donald A., 391, 429, 433

Radford, Arthur W., 429, 432

radial engines. See engine.

Rae, John B., 99, 116, 332, 343, 346, 350, 352, 354, 360

R.A.F. airfoils, 371, 541, 637, 767

ramjet, 187, 712

Ramsey, DeWitt, 727

Rawson, H. S., 447, 486, 648

Ray, George R., 448

Rayleigh, Lord, 571

Raymond, Arthur E., 205, 209, 215-16, 218, 376, 386, 429, 435, 440, 487, 727

Reader, Austin F., 495

Reading, Eugene M., 492

Reaser, Wilber W., 452

Reber, Samuel, 29 Ill., 429, 431

Reclamation Service, U.S., 211

reconnaissance satellites, 280, 298, 299

Redding, Arnold H., 450, 451, 456, 487

Redstone Arsenal, Ala., 293, 296, 387

Relchelderfer, Francis W., 429, 433, 448, 487, 488

Reid, Elliot G., 532, 533, 535, 550, 629, 637, 648, 661

Reid, HenryJ. E., 86, 87 ill., 95, 97, 99-100, 102, 142 ill., 196 ill., 257 ill., 342, 345, 352, 354, 356, 449, 450, 459, 485, 486, 487, 488, 498, 536, 538, 539, 542, 543, 544, 546, 548, 549, 637, 648, 660, 661

Reid, James A., 450, 488

Reiser, Walter H., 353, 499, 648

Renard, Paul, 579

Rentschler, F. B., 668

Rentzel, Delos W., 429, 435

reports, NACA, 186, 243-45, 301, 551-567, 615-16, 725, 769

Research Memorandum, 239, 551-52, 553, 556, 558

Technical Note, 103, 115, 179, 244, 536, 537, 546, 547, 549, 550, 551, 553, 556, 766

Technical Report, 115, 179, 244, 537, 551, 556, 557, 766

Wartime reports, 179, 181, 234, 239, 241, 244, 552, 553, 556, 558

research aircraft program, 247, 250, 382

research, European, 1-2, 6, 7

Austrian, 573

British, 3-4, 104, 161,-189, 220, 331, 332, 334, 345, 368-69, 370, 371, 572, 582, 584, 595, 689

French, 3, 331, 332, 573, 579, 581-82, 584, 595

German, 3, 92, 147-49, 154, 161, 173, 189, 195, 204-05, 211, 213, 262, 358, 360, 363, 371, 374, 376, 550, 573, 595, 680-81, 687, 703-13

Italian, 332, 573, 707

Russian, 3, 147, 184, 262, 280, 290-91, 358, 368, 573, 595

vs. U.S., 3-4, 8, 9, 11-12, 17, 19, 21, 22, 25, 30, 44, 75, 108, 1471, 149, 220, 262-63, 358, 360, 368-69, 529, 532, 578, 593, 594-95, 597, 693, 728, 730

research, NACA, 30, 71, 73, 74, 118 ill., 131, 140, 141, 145-46, 151, 155, 157, 167, 171, 178, 186-87, 196-99, 200 ill., 206, 216, 217, 219-20, 234, 236-39, 255-56, 258, 260, 268-69, 270-71, 273-74, 281, 288-89, 291-92, 296, 331, 337, 346, 358, 376, 394, 398, 404, 468, 592, 601, 618-21, 634, 653, 673, 678

aircraft materials, 645-46

authorization, 103-04, 115, 119, 269, 529-50, 628, 658, 714, 718, 765, 766

economics, 140, 141, 259-64, 372, 648-51, 653-54, 656, 657, 661, 669-72

equipment, 211, 213, 214-15, 218-19, 220, 354, 382, 397, 401, 507-28, 550, 611, 617, 731, 750-63

missile, 205, 277, 280, 283, 285, 289, 383, 385, 713, 731, 754

nuclear powered aircraft, 247, 254, 277, 283, 285, 289, 383

nuclear powered spacecraft, 730-31, 732, 734-39, 751-52

policy, 17, 57, 69, 72, 87, 88-89, 98, 128-29, 156, 205, 216, 220-21, 226-27, 232, 272-73, 277-78, 291-92, 349, 549-50, 608-09, 610, 612, 639, 659, 675, 683, 684-87, 690, 693-95, 713-61, 722, 725-26

procedure, 97, 103-06, 153, 168-69, 177, 179, 550, 662-65, 714

propellers, 650, 658, 710-12

publication of results, 33, 46, 74, 92, 152, 179, 181, 239, 242-43, 243-46, 283, 285, 289, 361, 381, 535, 536-37, 538, 539, 543, 546, 547-48, 549, 550, 551-52, 556, 560, 616, 653-54, 655, 660, 663-64, 673, 684, 714, 720-21, 724-25

rocket, 187-88, 189-90, 198, 213, 247, 252-53, 361, 369, 712, 732-34, 735, 736, 742, 750, 759

solar power, 736, 737

spacecraft materials, 739-42, 752, 761-62

spaceflight, 278, 283, 290, 291, 292-93, 294, 297, 298, 728-64

Research and Development Board (military), 203, 204, 206, 217, 229, 253, 266, 383, 398, 433

Guided Missiles Committee, 214, 383

Research Board for National Security. See National Academy of Sciences.

Research Memorandum. See Reports, NACA.

Retriever, 121, 353

Reynolds number, 93, 508, 510, 511, 697, 704, 715, 719

Reynolds, Osborne, 345

Rhines, Thomas B., 451

Rhode, Richard V., 342, 459, 486, 488, 491, 498

Richards, Harold L., 505

Richardson, H. L., 407

Richardson, Holden C., 27, 29 Ill., 324, 352, 429, 432, 443, 450, 585, 588, 590, 646

Richardson, Lawrence, B., 375, 432

Rickenbacker, Edward V., 99, 429, 433, 442, 488

Roberts, Ernest W., 21, 23-24, 325

Robins, Augustine W., 429, 431

Robinson, Russell G., 368, 370, 383, 454, 458, 487, 491, 502

Rockefeller Commission on Government Organization, 294

Rocket and Satellite Research Panel, 294

rocket. See research, NACA.

Rodert, Lewis A., 195, 235, 255, 452, 455, 487, 503

Rogers, John, 575, 576

Roma (airship), 127

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 23, 38, 138, 141, 154, 159, 165, 167, 177, 184, 201, 227, 325, 328, 333, 335, 418, 592-93, 675

Root, L. E., 454, 461, 487

Roots supercharger. See supercharger.

Ross, Chandler C., 456, 461, 487

Rotch, A. Lawrence, 7, 321, 322

Rothrock, Addison, M., 379, 454, 487, 488, 491, 497, 501

Rothschild, Louis S., 429, 434

Round I, Round II, Round III. See supersonic flight.

Royal Aircraft Factory (British), 370-71

Royce, D., 648

Russel, Edgar, 324, 585, 588, 590

Russel, Frank H., 334, 335, 604, 605, 606, 607, 608, 633, 639-40, 647

Ryan, Oswald, 429, 434

Sabine, Wallace C., 332, 429, 431, 484, 622

safety, aviation, 111, 248 ill., 395, 577, 638, 641, 648, 649, 651, 694

Samet, H. Arthur, 500

Sanders, Newell D., 493

Sanderson, Kenneth C., 504

Saville, Gordon P., 384, 429, 431

Schairer, George, S., 376, 451, 487

Schapiro, Leo, 455

Schey, Oscar W., 493, 496, 648

Schleicher, Richard L., 455, 487

Schlicting, Hermann T., 704

Schmidt, Robert W., 494, 497

Schnitker, Edward H. A_ 503

Schroeder, R. W., 647

Science Advisory Committee. See President's Science Advisory Committee.

Science in the Federal Government (A. Hunter Dupree), 201

Science, the Endless Frontier (Vannexar Bush), 201, 202

Scientific Advisory Board. See Army Air Forces.

Scientific Advisory Group. See Army, U.S.

Scientific Research and Development, Office of, 171, 177, 197, 201

scientists. See engineers.

Scott, Ruth, 492

Scriven, George P., 27, 28 ill., 29 ill., 30, 31, 284, 324, 326, 327, 403, 405, 408, 429, 431, 585, 588, 590, 597, 598, 601

seaplane, 119, 127-28, 343, 649-50

Sears, William R., 380, 456, 488

Selden, Robert F., 497

Selective Service, Bureau of, 183, 242, 275

Senate, U.S. See Congress.

separate Air Force, 58-59, 60-61, 63, 64, 66, 68, 70, 81, 334, 336, See also independent Air Force, Unified Air Service.

7- by 10-foot wind tunnel. See wind tunnel.

Shapley, Willis, 222, 228-29, 238, 279, 295, 377, 378, 380

Sharp, Edward R., 175, 176 ill., 196 ill., 211, 212, 214, 364, 376, 485, 486, 487, 488, 492, 500, 648

Shave, Ernestj., 501

Shaw, W. N., 571

Shaw, William V., 502

Shea, William M., 378, 492

Shell Oil Company, 284

Shenandoah (Army airship), 69

Shey, Oscar W., 501

Shoemaker, J. M., 643-44, 648

Shortal, Joseph A., 383, 499

Signal Corps (U.S. Army). See Army Signal Corps.

Silverstein, Abe, 492, 497, 501

site selection for NACA laboratories. See names of individual laboratories.

16-foot High-Speed Wind Tunnel. See Wind tunnel.

Smith, Harold D., 202, 362, 364, 373

Smith, R. H., 648

Smith, Ronald B., 451, 487

Smith, Rosa D., 491

Smithsonian Institution, 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13-14, 16, 18, 19-21, 24, 25, 37-38, 323, 326, 327, 369, 405, 417, 423, 433

Langley Aerodynamical Laboratory, 394, 398, 572, 582, 584, 585-90, 594, 595, 590, 666, 716-17

Smull, Thomas L. K., 380, 381, 488, 491, 721

Snark (missile), 252 ill.

Snyder, George, 455

Soule, Hartley A., 499

sound barrier, 199, 250, 255, 256 ill., 257, 281

Soviet Union, 184

Spaatz, Carl, 196 ill., 198 ill., 429, 431

spaceflight. See research, NACA.

Space Flight Research Center. See National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.

Sparks, Ralph H., 504

special committees. See Committees, NACA.

special subcommittees. See Committees, NACA.

spinning, 119, 637, 649

"Spirit of St. Louis," 650

Sputnik I, II, 283, 290-91, 302, 387

Squier, George 0., 33, 46, 329, 330, 341, 429, 431, 443, 444

stability and control, 252, 280, 344, 707-09

Stack, John, 249, 250 ill., 251, 255, 256, 257 ill., 261-63, 292, 384, 498, 501

Stalker, Edward, 647

Stanton, S. W., 633

Stearns, L. C., 330, 339, 621, 622, 623, 624, 627, 628

Stevens, Leslie C., 383, 429, 432

Stevenson, C. H., 448, 488

Stever, H Guyford, 292, 458

Stitt, Lawrence T., 496

Stoller, Mortonj., 499

Stout, Ernest G., 450

Strailman, Gilbert T., 500

Strang, Charles R., 448

Stratton, Samuel W., 13, 14 Ill., 15, 29 Ill., 32, 35, 47, 59, 66, 70, 88, 89, 90, 129, 322, 324, 329, 334, 336, 339, 341, 342, 343, 344, 409, 410, 411, 429, 433, 434, 439, 440, 444, 446, 484, 485, 585, 589, 590, 603, 604, 633, 668

structures, 278, 279, 280, 379

subcommittees. See committees, NACA.

Sunnyvale, Calif., 154, 155, 158, 159, 160, 165, 166, 173, 360, 361, 364

supercharger

centrifugal supercharger, 194 ill.

Roots supercharger, 120, 342, 370, 638, 651

turbosupercharger, 193, 546

supersonic flight, 199, 205, 211-12, 247, 250-52, 271, 278

Supersonic Flight (Richard P. Hallion), 247

Supersonic Research Center. See National Supersonic Research Center.

supersonic wind tunnel. See wind tunnel.

Sverdrup and Parcel, 216

Swanson, Warren E,, 456, 488

swept wings, 97, 204, 205 ill., 235, 707, 713, 715

Taft, William H., 5, 10, 18

Tarbox, J. P., 604, 605, 606, 607, 608

Taylor, David W., 11-12, 13, 15, 83, 102, 322, 323, 333, 334, 336, 344, 347, 412, 414, 429, 432, 433, 439, 441, 457, 485, 604, 607, 633, 667

Technical Notes. See Reports, NACA.

Technical Reports. See Reports, NACA.

Technological Capabilities Panel, 280

Templin, Richard L., 448, 487

Theodorsen, Theodore, 133, 237, 380, 486, 498, 544

Thielemann, Rudolph H., 453, 488

Thomas, Albert, 221-22, 241, 264-68, 269, 270

Thompson, Floyd L., 498, 501

Thompson, Milton 0., 504

Thompson, William M., 492

Thrasher, Tom G., 387

Tichenor, Frank, 130-33, 134, 135, 140, 145, 146, 355, 356, 652, 657, 660, 665

Tillman, Benjamin R., 21, 325, 593, 594

Titterington, M. M., 644, 647

Tomlinson, D. W., 452, 460

Tousignant, John D., 494

Toward New Horizons (Scientific Advisory Group), 203

Towers, John H., 160, 189, 327, 329, 429, 432, 444, 575, 576

Townend, Hubert C., 116-17

Townend ring, 116-17, 131, 352, 655, 659, 661

Tozier, Robert E., 497

transonic wind tunnel. See wind tunnel.

Trayer, George W., 44"', 485, 646

Treasury, Dept. of, 468, 594, 601

Truman, Harry S, 202, 228, 373, 419

Truscott, Star, 354, 363, 448, 485, 486, 499, 637

Truszynski, Gerald M., 504

TS airplane, 638

Tucker, Virginia, 501

Tuckerman, L. B., 648

turbojet, 187, 188, 191, 264 Ill., 714, 715

turbosupercharger. See supercharger.

20-foot wind tunnel. See wind tunnel.

Twining, Nathan F., 429, 431

2- by 2-foot supersonic tunnel. See wind tunnel.

U-2, 280

Ulmer, Ralph E., 364, 366, 376, 491

Underwood, Arthur, 453, 487

Underwood, Harrison A., 498

Unified Air Service, 39, 61, 62, 64, 65, 69-70

Unitary Wind Tunnel Plan Act of'1949, 211, 215-19, 220, 222, 249, 254, 259, 263, 376-77, 386, 393, 400, 403, 695, 725-28

United Aircraft Corp., 163, 164, 362

United Airlines, 163

Universities. See names of individual universities; National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.

Uppercue, L, 604, 606, 607

Upson, R. H., 643, 647

USSR. Sce Soviet Union.

V-2 (missile), 377, 707, 713

Vaccaro, MichaelJ., 494

Valerino, Michael F., 496

Van Allen, James A., 458

Vandenberg, Hoyt S., 429, 431

Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 324, 589

Van Dusen, C. A., 647

Vanguard, 300, 389

variable-density wind tunnel. See wind tunnel.

velocity- gravity recorder, 86

Vensel, Joseph R., 497, 504

Vickers, Sons & Maxim, 353, 571

Victory, John F., 30, 33, 47, 48, 60 Ill., 62, 63, 65-66, 68, 69, 70, 73, 76, 78, 81, 82, 84-86, 101, 102, 106, 112-13, 121, 125, 127, 130, 135, 136, 137, 138, 14-0, 141, 142 ill., 145, 148 Ill., 153, 156, 157, 160, 165, 166, 169, 171, 176, 178, 193 ill., 195, 196 ill., 198, 202, 221, 222, 227, 228-30, 231 ill., 233, 242, 257 ill., 264, 265~ 266, 269, 270, 273, 275, 277, 284 ill., 287, 294, 295, 301, 322, 326, 328, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 340, 342, 344, 345, 347, 350, 352, 354, 355, 357, 358, 360, 361, 363, 364, 365, 371, 377, 378, 379, 385, 387, 458, 484, 485, 486, 487, 488, 490, 542, 609, 633, 648, 664, 678, 683, 684, 690, 691, 692-93, 714, 719, 727

Vidal, Eugene L., 142 ill., 358, 430, 434

Videan, Edward N., 504

Vienna Aerodynamical Laboratory, 532

Vincent, J. B., 668

Vivien, jean N., 495

Voigt, Paul F., 447

von Braun, Wernher, 298, 458

von Doenhoff, Albert E., 544, 546, 547, 548, 549-50

von Karman, Theodore, 96 ill., 158, 188, 203, 217, 226, 360, 361, 534, 538, 548

Vought aircraft, 513 ill., 638

Wadsworth, James W., 335, 336

Walcott, Charles D., 13, 14, 15, 16 ill., 17, 18, 19-20, 21, 23-24, 25, 27, 28, 29-30, 32, 35-36, 39-40, 44, 52, 53, 54, 56-57, 59, 61, 63, 67, 69, 100, 285, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 331, 332, 334, 335, 337, 339, 406, 409, 410, 412, 430, 433, 439, 444, 445, 484, 585, 587, 588, 590, 591, 593, 602, 603, 633

Waldon, Sidney, 58, 59, 61, 329, 334, 604, 633

Walker, Joseph A., 504

Walker, Phillip E., 505

Wallace, Dwayne L., 442

Wallops Island Pilotless Aircraft Research Station, 252, 253 ill., 290 ill., 383, 480, 487, 507, 512

Walter, Don L., 456, 488

War Department, U.S., 43, 52, 54, 213, 326, 394. 397, 478, 587, 588, 594, 595, 596, 665, 666, 667, 682, 685

Ward, William, 503

Ware, Marsden, 370, 638, 648

Ware, Raymond, 647

Warner, Edward P., 82, 85, 86, 92, 109, 110 ill., 127, 133, 142 ill., 152, 163, 164, 169, 182, 185, 191, 336, 339, 341, 342, 344, 346, 349-50, 367, 368, 371, 380, 430, 435, 439, 441, 442, 448, 459, 546, 550, 619, 640, 646, 688, 690, 691

War Office (British), 571, 572, 663, 667

War Production Board, 209

Aircraft Div., 175

Wartime Reports. See Reports, NACA.

Washington Monument, 583

Washington Navy Yard, 9, 24, 576, 584, 593

Wasielewski, Eugene W., 370, 493, 496

Watt, R. M., 5

Watter, Michael, 647

Way, Stewart, 455, 487

Wearin, Otha D., 144

Weather Bureau, U.S., 13, 394, 398, 406, 423, 433, 584, 588, 594, 596, 601, 635, 666, 716

Webster, William, 430, 433

Weick, Fred E., 349, 351, 352, 451, 648, 661

Well, Joseph, 504

Wenzinger, CarlJ., 354, 501

Wellons, Frank W., 453, 488

Wentworth, John, 647

Western Coordination Office (NACA). See National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.

Western Development Div., Air Research and Development Command. See Air Research and Development Command.

Westinghouse, 189-90, 651, 686, 689

Westover, Oscar, 154, 159, 363, 430, 431, 457, 675, 678

Wetmore, Alexander, 430, 433

Wetzler, John M., 450

Wexler, Harry, 461, 487

Weyerbacher, Ralph D., 430, 432

Wheeler, Catherine, 492

Whitcomb, Richard, 280-81, 287, 387, 483

White, Dan, 495

White, James A., 503

White, Thomas D., 430, 431

Whiting, Kenneth, 334, 633

Whitman, Walter G., 430, 433, 450, 727

Whitney, Ernest G., 497

Whittemore, H. L., 440, 447

Whittle jet-propulsion engine. See engine.

Williams, Benjamin L., 604

Williams, Clyde E., 455

Williams, Glenn C., 454, 487

Williams, Walter C., 487, 488, 500, 504

Wilson, Alfred E., 503

Wilson, Charles E., 263, 264 ill.

Wilson, E. B., 48, 331, 334

Wilson, Eugene E., 690

Wilson, Herbert A., Jr., 498

Wilson, Roscoe C., 376, 430, 431

Wilson, Woodrow, 10, 16, 20, 24, 30, 32, 39, 42, 53, 322, 326, 407, 408, 409, 410, 587, 588, 602

wind tunnel, 1, 83 ill., 90, 92-93, 108, 131, 134, 144, 145, 158, 184, 211, 216, 219-21, 227 ill., 366-67, 368, 373, 376, 400, 508-12, 513 ill., 516 ill., 517 ill., 519 ill., 523, 642, 654, 679-80, 706, 754-55, 765

atmospheric wind tunnel, 514, 515, 538, 637, 641, 660

8- by 7-foot wind tunnel, 286 ill., 367

40- by 80-foot wind tunnel, 174, 234, 272 ill., 367, 508, 524, 525 ill.

free-flight wind tunnel, 235 ill., 367, 518

full-scale wind tunnel, 107, 117, 121, 129 ill., 252 ill., 260 ill., 367, 507, 508, 509 ill., 510 ill., 515-16

gust tunnel, 246, 521

low-turbulence pressure. tunnel, 518, 547, 548, 550, 668

propeller- research tunnel, 107 ill., 108, 115, 117, 128, 349, 353, 367, 515, 538, 637, 641, 642, 650

7- by 10-foot wind tunnel, 174, 251 ill., 367, 524

16-foot high-speed wind tunnel, 174, 257 ill., 367, 520 ill., 524

supersonic wind tunnel, 211, 213, 214, 215, 218, 254 ill., 385, 510, 514, 526, 527, 528, 695, 696, 698, 701, 707, 713

transonic wind tunnel, 250-51, 256, 510, 522 ill., 526, 527

20-foot wind tunnel, 520 ill.

2- by 2-foot supersonic tunnel, 281 ill., 699

variable-density wind tunnel, 92, 93, 94 ill., 106-07, 108, 115, 128, 246, 344-45, 510, 515, 535, 538, 544, 641, 643, 658-59, 661

Winslow, Samuel E., 64, 66, 335, 336

Winston, A. W., 447

Wislicenus, George F., 450, 488

Wolak, Francis S., 501

Wolf, Charles W., 501

Wood, Clotaire, 490

Wood, Donald H., 364, 502, 542-43, 544

Woodrum, Clifton A., 121, 136, 137, 144, 150, 159, 221, 353, 359, 361, 377

Woodward, Robert S., 10

Woodward, William H., 488, 491

Woodward Commission, 10-11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 323, 324

Wright, Orville, 1-2, 8, 21, 37-38, 142 ill., 148 ill., 166, 321, 324-25, 328, 329, 336, 351, 372, 430, 434, 536, 585, 589, 664-65, 667, 720

Wright, Theodore P., 349, 350, 430, 434, 435, 439, 458, 641, 647, 691, 692, 727

Wright, Wilbur, 1-2, 8, 21, 37-38, 321, 328, 349, 372

Wright Aeronautical Corp., 362, 686, 689

Wright aircraft, 4, 328, 573, 575

Wright Field, 158, 213, 382, 678-79, 680, 682, 685, 689

Wright-Martin Co., 38, 39, 40, 41, 328, 330, 604, 606, 607

Wright Whirlwind engine. See engine.

Wyatt, De Marquis D., 493

Wynn, E. H., 727

X-15, 278, 285, 293, 296, 298, 299, 303, 729-30, 731, 732, 744, 755 XP6M-1, 268 ill.

York, Herbert, 388

Young, Pearl L, 501

Young Turks dinner, 292

Zahm, Alfred H., 6-7, 10, 13, 15, 18, 21, 322, 323, 324, 325, 585, 589, 590, 591

Zoll, E. C., 334, 633

Zucrow, Maurice J., 456, 461

 

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