National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Langley Research Center

LARC

Established 1920

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA, NASA predecessor agency ) expanding role led to the creation of its first research and testing facility in 1920, the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory. The new laboratory employed a staff of 11 technicians and 4 professionals and, by 1925, the staff had grown to over 100 employees.

News

NASA Center Named Vertical Flight Heritage Site

May 8, 2015 · NASA s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, was recognized for its decades of contributions to the advancement of helicopters and other vertical flight aircraft.
NASA GL-10 Completes Successful Flight Test

Apr 30, 2015 · NASA battery-powered, 10-engine remotely piloted Greased Lightning GL-10 which can take off like a helicopter and fly like an airplane transitioned succesfully from hover to wing-borne flight
NASA Crashes Helicopter to Test Safety

Sep 24, 2014
Bell Boeing Quad Tiltrotor Wind Tunnel Testing

Sep 13, 2006 · The Bell Boeing Quad Tiltrotor model (QTR) completed wind tunnel testing at the NASA Langley Research Center Transonic Dynamics Tunnel (TDT).

Locations

1920-

Langley Research Center

Models

1962-1975

Boeing-Vertol YHC-1A

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