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The NACA, World War II Aircraft, and Drag Clean-Up
I have often wondered just what research took place at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) during World War II in relation to “drag clean-up.” John F. Victory, NACA’s secretary boasted in 1942 that “The employees of the NACA … Continue reading
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Tagged "Aircobra", "Mustang", air superiority, Bell, Cadillac of the Skies, drag clean-up, Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, John F. Victory, Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, Langley Research Center, NACA, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, P-39, P-51
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