Talk:National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

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I'm Japanese. You may think this is funny question, but please let me know, how do you pronounce NACA? Is this pronouced continiously like NASA or NATO (or like n-a-k-a)? Or separetely as RAF (or like enu-ei-see-ei)? (I have some more words like this. Are there some web pages relating this kind of problem?) -- Marsian 16:26, 2004 Sep 13 (UTC)

Thanks Ashley! Now I can pronounce it with confidence. By the way, the NACA inlet is also used in (relatively low-speed?) aircraft, perhaps mainly for air conditioning. - Marsian 10:58, 2005 Mar 5 (UTC)

I'm thinking I should change "NACA duct, a form of air intake" to NACA duct, a boundary layer scoop". Am I getting too tekkie? The scoop functions in the boundary layer, so it can be flush-mounted, so less drag. It's used for various intake purposes in aviation, & notably as an extractor scoop in NASCAR. Trekphiler 11:26, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, I think that is too techie for here. Edit the NACA scoop article if you think more explanation is needed. --agr 00:00, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

Article Expansion

I concur, this article definitely needs expansion. Things that need to be addressed:

  • origins - including role of Orville Wright
  • contributions - major areas of research (yes, there are a lot; highlights would be good
  • organization - list of directors, the NACA centers, how it operated
  • transformation into NASA

A short chronological history might be good, but heavily overlaps the other pieces I've listed. --Rocksci 15:21, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

NACA Technical Reports

The NACA Techical Report server is no longer active at Langley. It has been merged into the "NASA Technical Reports Server (NSTR)" at http://nstr.nasa.gov. Therefore, the citation under External Links should be replaced; but with what?? --Rocksci 17:01, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

New content by wikipedia newbie

I can add a few things to this article, however, I'm a wikipedia newbie so some "polishing" might be needed.--Racingjs 03:32, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

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