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Aviation research institutes

  • Glenn Research CenterThe Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory opened its doors in June 1940 with funding approval. This facility became part of the National Advisory Committee for…
  • Langley Research CenterPresident Woodrow Wilson sent Jerome Hunsaker to Europe in early 1917. The report from that trip warned of a dangerous gap between American and European…
  • Michoud Assembly FacilityAndrew Jackson Higgins directed the construction of a massive industrial complex in 1940 at the village of Michoud, Louisiana.