Ludwig Prandtl, an expert in wind tunnel & wing design, is called "The Father of" this aviation-related field
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W. Hewitt Phillips | NASA  He even had an opportunity to operate a wind tunnel for the first time in his ... tests in the Langley Full-Scale Tunnel of a Fairchild XR2K-1 parasol-wing airplane. .... widely acknowledged to be the country's expert; and in the field of theoretical .... in aeronautics and is considered the father of the U. S. manned space program.
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Ludwig Prandtl | German physicist | Britannica.com  German physicist who is considered to be the father of aerodynamics. ... That body of work is known as the Lanchester-Prandtl wing theory. ... airships, and his advocacy of monoplanes greatly advanced heavier-than-air aviation. ... made notable innovations in the design of wind tunnels and other aerodynamic equipment.
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Jeopary Questions page 871 - NAME THE YEAR - TriviaBistro.com  FIELDS OF SCIENCE: Ludwig Prandtl, an expert in wind tunnel & wing design, is called "The Father of" this aviation-related field  OF TROY: This German used...
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Ludwig Prandtl - Wikipedia  Ludwig Prandtl (4 February 1875  15 August 1953) was a German engineer. He was a ... There, he entered the field of fluid mechanics where he had to design a suction ... were published in 19181919, known as the Lanchester-Prandtl wing theory. ... expansion fans allowed for the construction of supersonic wind tunnels.
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Ludwig Prandtl - Expand Your Mind - Revolvy  Ludwig Prandtl (4 February 1875  15 August 1953) was a German engineer. ... There, he entered the field of fluid mechanics where he had to design a suction device ... The Prandtl-Meyer expansion fans allowed for the construction of supersonic wind tunnels. ... He is often referred to as the father of modern aerodynamics.
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1000+ ideas about Howard Hughes on Pinterest | Jane Russell ...  He built the world's largest plane "The Spruce Goose". ..... Billionaire/industrialist, Howard Hughes, was born Dec 24, 1905. ...... offers a series of photos from the life and career of the billionaire, recluse and aviation genius, Howard Hughes.
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aviation personalities - Long Beach Flying Club  Aug 7, 2011 ... about the personalities associated with each aircraft and engine manufacturer .... Sikorsky, Igor .... skies, first flying between San Francisco and .... the Model An-2 Antonov and his colleagues were ... The airplane was designed and constructed within two years. 1955 ..... elected Elder Statesman of Aviation.
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Indiana Historian - IN.gov  information is A Salute to Indiana's Aviation History compiled ... 1927. Bob Shank and Harold Brooks open the first private airstrip in Marion ... resulting Chanute biplane glider was the model for the Wright .... brothers. (Hellemans and. Bunch, 401). First airplane factory is started .... Atlantic in 33.5 ..... who flew solo between.
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"Charles Lindbergh and Mobiloil: The New Model for Modern ...  Charles Lindbergh's 1927 solo flight in the "Spirit of St. Louis" from New York to Paris made ... 2. After his monumental flight, Lindbergh assumed a leadership role in transforming ... Shortly after his dramatic arrival in Paris, he cabled the Vacuum Oil ..... newspaper and magazine articles, government reports, annual reports,...
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jeopardy/1373_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  MUSEUMS | Displays at the Southern Museum of Flight in Birmingham, Ala. chronicle such pilots as this "Red Baron" | Manfred von Richthofen. right: Steve.
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Horizons Newsletter | AIAA Houston Section  Also, InSight, a NASA mission to provide insight into the early evolution of ...... A famous Lindbergh grandson, Erik Lindbergh, joined Decre to lay (toss) a ...... This was presented to Dr. John M. Grunsfeld and the STS-125 space shuttle crew ..... A VariEze airplane is pictured, a Burt Rutan design, owned and flown in Houston.
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raymond loewy, streamliner of cars, planes and pens, dies  Raymond Loewy, the ''father of streamlining'' who more than half a century ago ... Published: July 15, 1986 ... Mr. Loewy's goal was to make such objects sleek and unencumbered. ... Soon after Mr. Loewy's success with the Gestetner copier, the ... was 15, he designed and built a model airplane, powered by rubber bands,...
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History with a Future 50 years Boeing jet aircraft ... - Lufthansa Group  the world. the engineers of Boeing have thereby always played a vital role in designing and .... maximum take-off weight. this enabled Lufthansa to continue...
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Full text of "First Flight: The Wright Brothers and the Invention of the ...  (His 1903 tests of a full-sized aircraft [above] would end in failure.) ... Wright brought to his sons had been developed by the French aeronautical pioneer ... Wilbur (April 16, 1867-May 30, 1912) and Orville (August 19, 1871-January 30, 1948) were the ..... He would outlive Wilbur by more than 35 years and attend hundreds of...
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Connecting Points: A Pilot and a Surgeon - Charles Lindbergh  The Culture of Organs by Alexis Carrel and Charles Lindbergh ... "it is noteworthy that Charles Lindbergh invented an 'artificial heart' in the 1930s. ... later, "it seemed to me that it would be quite simple to design a mechanical pump ... Richard Bing, a physician who worked with Lindbergh in Carrel's laboratory in early 1930s,...
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The Same Man Invented Autopilot And The Mile High Club 100 ...  Jun 18, 2014 ... His father, Elmer had developed the gyrocompass, an innovation which had been ... Lawrence took his dad's idea and modified it to meet the needs of ... on the right wing on the plane while Sperry once again help up his hands. This not only proved the plane was still pilotless, it proved the gyroscope could...
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Jack Northrop and the UFO-Lookin' Flying Wings | Popular Science  Nov 10, 2015 ... Northrop's YB-49 Flying Wing was far too ahead of its time in the late 1940s, but it spawned the USAF's modern-day B-2 Spirit bomber. ... ingenious design that was well ahead of its time when it was unveiled in 1919. ... The idea was to develop a high altitude, long range, heavy bombardment aircraft.
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Don Garlits - Wikipedia  Donald Glenn "Don" Garlits (born January 14, 1932, Tampa, Florida) is an American race car driver and automotive engineer. He is considered the father of drag racing. He is known as "Big Daddy" to drag racing fans around the world. .... (son of racing legend Kenny Bernstein,) Budweiser/Lucas Oil Dragster 0.079 reaction...
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Robert H. Goddard - Wikipedia  Robert Hutchings Goddard (October 5, 1882  August 10, 1945) was an American engineer, .... He noted how remarkably the birds controlled their flight with their tail ... His first writing on the possibility of a liquid-fueled rocket came on February 2, ... His father brought them to a patent firm in Worcester, who helped him to...
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The Road to the First Flight - Wright Brothers National Memorial ...  But it wasn't until 1892, when they formed the Wright Cycle Company to sell ... In their construction of flying machines, Wilbur and Orville often used the same ... many of their scientific experiments in the backroom of their shop and most of the ... of that predicted by the Lilienthal data upon which the wing design was based.
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The Road to the First Flight - Wright Brothers National Memorial ...  Designed by French aeronautical experimenter Alphonse Pnaud, this toy did not simply ... But it wasn't until 1892, when they formed the Wright Cycle Company to sell ... less lift than expected, and they flew the glider mostly as a kite, working the ... an aircraft break the sound barrier, and watched a man walk on the moon.