
Brevard News
NASA Precursor National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics Met for First Time 104 Years Ago
In April 1915, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) met for the first time in Washington, DC. The NACA had been created as a result of a provision attached to the Naval Appropriations Bill that had been passed on March 3, 1915. President Wilson named a dozen men to serve (as unpaid volunteers) on the Committee. […]