File:Groundbreaking for the NACA’s Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory.jpg
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current | 14:16, 28 January 2023 | 2,048 × 1,536 (698 KB) | Gildir | {{Information |Description=Local politicians and {{w|National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics}} (NACA) officials were on hand for the January 23, 1941 groundbreaking for the NACA’s {{w|Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory}} (AERL). The NACA was established in 1915 to coordinate the nation’s aeronautical research. The committee opened a research laboratory at Langley Field in 1920. By the late 1930s, however, European nations, Germany in particular, were building faster and higher flying air... |
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