Ah, right, fighter jets. The aim of the NACA research was to find a low-drag way to feed jet engines, a new propulsion system at the time, with the copious amount of air they needed to perform. It ...

Designed in 1945 by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (precursor to NASA), the NACA duct was intended as an air inlet for jets. Only it was a failure. The design wasn't any good for ...

Because NACA often deals with first-time homeowners and buyers with less than stellar credit, the organization insists that all participants follow the same 10-step path when buying their houses.

Test pilot Lawrence Clousing with a Lockheed P-80, Moffett Field, California, 1948. Note the NACA emblem, with no periods, on the wall of the Ames Aeronautical Laboratory. Most people are familiar ...

NACA Spells Relief The Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America lends a helping hand to homeowners By Adam Kuperstein • Published April 19, 2010 • Updated on April 20, 2010 at 6:45 am ...

It hasn’t had quite the impact of GPS or the atomic bomb, but in the pantheon of items created by U.S. government researchers, the NACA duct must be considered one of the most enduring. This ...