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Homer J. Wood
Homer J. Wood was an engineer at Garrett AiResearch, who did pioneering work in gas turbine engines for aircraft applications.''American Aviation'' (1949) 13, 30.Leyes, R. A. and Fleming, W. A. (1999''The History of North American Small Gas Turbine Aircraft Engines'' American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Reston VA. He won the Wright Brothers Medal in 1949 with Frederick Dallenbach Frederick Dallenbach was an engineer at Garrett AiResearch, who did pioneering work in gas turbine engines for aircraft applications.''American Aviation'' (1949) 13, 30.Leyes, R. A. and Fleming, W. A. (1999''The History of North American Small Gas T ... for a paperH.J. Wood and F. Dallenbach (1950) ''Auxiliary Gas Turbines for Pneumatic Power in Aircraft Applications'', SAE Quarterly Transactions 4, 197. discussing auxiliary turbines to supply pneumatic power for aircraft based on the Garrett GTC43/44 and GTP70 units. Wood went on to design the GTC85, one of the most widely used auxiliary pow ...
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Garrett AiResearch
Garrett AiResearch was a manufacturer of turboprop engines and turbochargers, and a pioneer in numerous aerospace technologies. It was previously known as Aircraft Tool and Supply Company, Garrett Supply Company, AiResearch Manufacturing Company, or simply AiResearch. In 1964, Garrett AiResearch merged with Signal Oil & Gas to form a company renamed in 1968 to Signal Companies, which in 1985 merged with Allied Corp. into AlliedSignal. In 1999 AlliedSignal acquired Honeywell and adopted the Honeywell name. Founding years John Clifford "Cliff" Garrett founded a company in Los Angeles in 1936 which came to be known as Garrett AiResearch or simply AiResearch. The company was first named Aircraft Tool and Supply Company, then by early 1937 was renamed as Garrett Supply Company, and by 1939, AiResearch and shortly thereafter AiResearch Manufacturing Company, which then became a division within the Garrett Corporation. Already operating his Garrett Supply and Airsupply businesses, i ...
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Gas Turbine
A gas turbine, also called a combustion turbine, is a type of continuous flow internal combustion engine. The main parts common to all gas turbine engines form the power-producing part (known as the gas generator or core) and are, in the direction of flow: * a rotating gas compressor * a combustor * a compressor-driving turbine. Additional components have to be added to the gas generator to suit its application. Common to all is an air inlet but with different configurations to suit the requirements of marine use, land use or flight at speeds varying from stationary to supersonic. A propelling nozzle is added to produce thrust for flight. An extra turbine is added to drive a propeller (turboprop) or ducted fan (turbofan) to reduce fuel consumption (by increasing propulsive efficiency) at subsonic flight speeds. An extra turbine is also required to drive a helicopter rotor or land-vehicle transmission (turboshaft), marine propeller or electrical generator (power turbine). Greater ...
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American Institute Of Aeronautics And Astronautics
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is a professional society for the field of aerospace engineering. The AIAA is the U.S. representative on the International Astronautical Federation and the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences. In 2015, it had more than 30,000 members among aerospace professionals worldwide (a majority are American and/or live in the United States). History The AIAA was founded in 1963 from the merger of two earlier societies: the American Rocket Society (ARS), founded in 1930 as the American Interplanetary Society (AIS), and the Institute of the Aerospace Sciences (IAS), founded in 1932 as the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences. Paul Johnston was the first executive director of the organization. Jim Harford took his seat after 18 months. The newly-formed structure gathered 47 technical committees and one broad technical publication, the ''AIAA Journal''. The ''AIAA Student Journal'' was also launched in 1963. T ...
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Wright Brothers Medal
The Wright Brothers Medal was conceived of in 1924 by the Dayton Section of the Society of Automotive Engineers, and the SAE established it in 1927 to recognize individuals who have made notable contributions in the engineering, design, development, or operation of air and space vehicles. The award is based on contributed research papers. The award honors Wilbur and Orville Wright as the first successful builders of heavier-than-air craft, and includes an image of the ''Wright Flyer'', the plane which they flew in 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Awardees and research topics: 1928-1975 *1928 Clinton Hunter Havill - ''Aircraft Propellers''. *1929 Ralph Hazlett Upson - ''Wings - A Coordinated System of Basic Design''. *1930 Theodore Paul Wright - ''The Development of a Safe Airplane - The Curtis Tanager''. *1931 Stephen Joseph Zand: ''A Study of Airplane and Instrument Board Vibration'' *1932 Edward Pearson Warner: ''The Rational Specifications of Airplane Load Factors'' *19 ...
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Frederick Dallenbach
Frederick Dallenbach was an engineer at Garrett AiResearch, who did pioneering work in gas turbine engines for aircraft applications.''American Aviation'' (1949) 13, 30.Leyes, R. A. and Fleming, W. A. (1999''The History of North American Small Gas Turbine Aircraft Engines'' American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Reston VA. He won the Wright Brothers Medal The Wright Brothers Medal was conceived of in 1924 by the Dayton Section of the Society of Automotive Engineers, and the SAE established it in 1927 to recognize individuals who have made notable contributions in the engineering, design, developmen ... in 1949 with Homer J. Wood for a paperH.J. Wood and F. Dallenbach (1950) ''Auxiliary Gas Turbines for Pneumatic Power in Aircraft Applications'', SAE Quarterly Transactions 4, 197. discussing auxiliary turbines to supply pneumatic power for aircraft based on the Garrett GTC43/44 and GTP70 units. References American aerospace engineers {{US-mechanical-engi ...
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American Aerospace Engineers
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