Edward "Ed" James Swearingen (12 September 1925 – 15 May 2014) was an
aeronautical engineer
Aerospace engineering is the primary field of engineering concerned with the development of aircraft and spacecraft. It has two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering. Avionics engineering is sim ...
based in
San Antonio
("Cradle of Freedom")
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Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
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Life
Swearingen was notable for developing modifications from existing production aircraft such as the
Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche
The Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche is an American twin-engined cabin monoplane designed and built by Piper Aircraft. It was a twin-engined development of the PA-24 Comanche single-engined aircraft. A variant with counter-rotating propellers was ...
from the
Piper PA-24 Comanche
The Piper PA-24 Comanche is an American four-seat or six-seat, low-wing, all-metal, light aircraft of semimonocoque construction with tricycle retractable landing gear. Piper Aircraft designed and developed the Comanche, which first flew on Ma ...
single engine series and the
Swearingen Merlin turboprop aircraft from the Beech Model 50
Twin Bonanza
The Beechcraft Model 50 Twin Bonanza is a small twin-engined aircraft designed by Beechcraft as an executive transport for the business market. It was developed to fill a gap in Beechcraft's product line between the single-engined Model 35 Bon ...
. Swearingen also developed original aircraft designs such as the
SX-300 experimental airplane and
Sino Swearingen SJ30-2 executive jet.
References
External links
Living Legend Ed Swearingen’s Lifetime of Invention- Airport Journals, May 2009
2014 deaths
1925 births
American aerospace engineers
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