18 reactions · 22 shares | The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, aka NACA, was formed on March 3, 1915, with a charter to "supervise and direct the scientific study of the problems of flight, with a view to their practical solution." With luminaries like Orville Wright as members, the group was on the cutting edge of technology in the early decades of flight, before eventually being absorbed by NASA in 1958 ✈️ | NASA Aeronautics | Facebook