Flight Research at NASA Langley Research Center

Mark A. Chambers

Flight Research at NASA Langley Research Center
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Country
United States
Published
11 July 2007
Pages
128
ISBN
9780738544373

Flight Research at NASA Langley Research Center

Mark A. Chambers

Following the creation of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics in 1915, a unique flight research operations division was established at the nation’s first civilian aeronautics research laboratory, the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory. Langley flight research personnel helped the nation’s aircraft industry bloom during the

Golden Era of aviation throughout the 1920s and 1930s. Langley’s flight research then helped win World War II with performance-enhancing modifications to new aircraft. During the cold war, Langley helped the country maintain an edge in aeronautics over its Warsaw Pact rivals. When the space race began, the National Aeronautics and Space

Administration (NASA) was created in 1958 and Langley’s pilots were instrumental in training astronauts. In addition to advancing rotorcraft during the 1960s and 1970s, Langley research pioneered a multitude of military and civil Vertical Short Takeoff and Landing (V/STOL) concepts. During the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, Langley research developed advancements in general and commercial aviation technologies.

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