(December 1949) The late 1940s saw increased flight activity, and more women computers were needed at the NACA Muroc Flight Test Unit than the ones who had originally arrived in...
Tag: NACA
(November 1, 1949) The women of the Computer Department at NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station are shown busy with test flight calculations. The "computers" under the direction of Roxanah Yancey...
(1949) Early "computers" at work, summer 1949. In the terminology of that period, computers were employees–typically female–who performed the arduous task of transcribing raw data from roles of celluloid film...