Ernő Rubik (27 November 1910 in Pöstyén,

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, now

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, Slovakia – 13 February 1997) was a Hungarian aircraft designer and father of

Ernő Rubik Ernő Rubik (; born 13 July 1944) commonly known by his nickname, "Little Man", is a Hungarian inventor, architect and professor of architecture. He is best known for the invention of mechanical puzzles including the Rubik's Cube (1974), Rubi ...

, the architect who became famous for his mechanical puzzles (e.g. the

Rubik's Cube The Rubik's Cube is a Three-dimensional space, 3-D combination puzzle originally invented in 1974 by Hungarians, Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik. Originally called the Magic Cube, the puzzle was licensed by Rubik t ...

Biography

During the 1930s, he designed several gliders for manufacture by Műegyetemi Sportrepülő Egyesület, the sport flying association of the

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. In the years following the Second World War, these designs were followed by a number of powered aircraft, making Rubik the country's most prolific aircraft designer.Simpson 1995, 218 These were manufactured by his own enterprise, Aero-Ever in

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, until the firm was nationalised in 1948 as Sportárutermelő Vállalat. One of his most famous aircraft is the R-26 Góbé, a popular training glider in Hungary.

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