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1
[I-1
to I-25] INDEX
- 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

