...members, as such, serve wthout compensation. The duties of the committee, as provided by Congress, are to supervise and direct the scientific study of the...solution and their application to practical questions. The committee's research laboratory and experimental station is located at Langley Field, Virginia....

...Historically, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics was charged with the responsibility "to suprevise and direct the scientific study of the problems of flight with a view to their practical solutions, to determine the problems which should be experimentally attacked, and to discuss their...

...President was guided largely by the scope of the authority for the committee. This provided "That it shall be the duty of the advisory committee for aeronautics...of a laboratory or laboratories, either in whole or in part, being placed under the direction of the committee, the committee may direct and conduct research...

...Committee for Aeronautics, as such, shall serve without compensation : Provided further, That it shall be the duty of the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics...of a laboratory or laboratories, either in whole or in part, being placed under the direction of the committee, the committee may direct and conduct research...

...Committee for Aeronautics, as such, shall serve without compensation : Provided further, That it shall be the duty of the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics...of a laboratory or laboratories, either in whole or in part, being placed under the direction of the committee, the committee may direct and conduct research...

...Aeronautics, as such, shall servo without compensation: Provided further, That it shall be the ciutv of the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics to supervise...of a laboratory or laboratories, either in whole or in part, being placed under the direction of the committee, the committee may direct and conduct research...

...progress of aeronautics." Functions of the Committee. — The law provides that this Committee shall " supervise and direct the scientific study of the problems...solution and their application to practical questions." This Committee is also authorized by law to " direct and conduct research and experiment in aeronautics."...

...Committee for Aeronautics, as such, shall serve without compensation: Provided further, That it shall be the duty of the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics...solution, and to determine the problems which should bo experimentally attacked, and to discuss their solution and their application to practical questions....

...appointed by the President and serving as such without compensation. The duties of the Committee are to "supervise and direct the scientific study of the...flight, with a view to their practical solution," and to "direct and conduct research and experiment in aeronautics" in such laboratories as may be placed under...

...with responsibility for scientific aeronautical research. It was established by the Congress in 1915 to "supervise and direct the scientific study of the...flight with a view to their practical solution," and was authorized to "direct and conduct research and experiment in aeronautics" in such laboratory or...