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Fred Weick, Tom Hamilton and Charles Lindbergh, USA, June 1927. American aviators visting the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics: Fred E. Weick head of the Propeller Research Tunnel section in rear cockpit, Tom Hamilton (standing), and pilot Charles Lindbergh in front. The National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA) was a precursor to NASA. NACA was created by Congress in 1915.