Frederick Dallenbach was an engineer at

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 Compa ...

, who did pioneering work in

gas turbine engines 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 directi ...

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 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 ...

, 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.

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