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Marion O'Dell McKinney, Jr.
Marion O'Dell McKinney Jr. (July 24, 1921 – August 3, 1999) was a scientist at Langley Research Center, Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, who researched a wide variety of aerospace topics, including personal aircraft,McKinney, M.O. (1951''Analysis of means of improving the uncontrolled lateral motions of personal airplanes'' National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, NACA TR-1035. dynamics,Campbell, J.P. and McKinney, M.O. (1954''A study of the problem of designing airplanes with satisfactory inherent damping of the dutch roll oscillation'' National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, NACA TR-1199. and aircraft configurations.Ankenbruck, H.O. and McKinney, M.O. (1947''Generalized performance comparison of large conventional, tail boom, and tailless airplanes'' National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, NACA TN-1477. Like many of his contemporaries, he conducted secret war-related research during World War II, the results of which were later Declassification, declassified ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langley Research Center
The Langley Research Center (LaRC or NASA Langley), located in Hampton, Virginia, United States of America, is the oldest of NASA's field centers. It directly borders Langley Air Force Base and the Back River on the Chesapeake Bay. LaRC has focused primarily on aeronautical research, but has also tested space hardware such as the Apollo Lunar Module. In addition, many of the earliest high-profile space missions were planned and designed on-site. Langley was also considered a potential site for NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center prior to the eventual selection of Houston, Texas. Established in 1917 by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), the research center devotes two-thirds of its programs to aeronautics and the rest to space. LaRC researchers use more than 40 wind tunnels to study and improve aircraft and spacecraft safety, performance, and efficiency. Between 1958 and 1963, when NASA (the successor agency to NACA) started Project Mercury, LaRC served as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
