Gordon Glen Grose (March 21, 1925 - March 11, 1993) was an engineer at the

McDonnell-Douglas Corporation McDonnell Douglas was a major American aerospace manufacturing corporation and defense contractor, formed by the merger of McDonnell Aircraft and the Douglas Aircraft Company in 1967. Between then and its own merger with Boeing in 1997, it produ ...

. 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 1974 with

Michael J. Wendl Michael John Wendl (born June 6, 1934) is an engineer who worked at the McDonnell-Douglas Corporation, mainly in the area of aerospace control. He is noted primarily as one of the early developers of terrain following technologyKrachmalnick, F.M. ...

, J. L. Porter, and Ralph Pruitt for a paper discussing future aircraft designs that integrate fly-by-wire controls with engine inlets/nozzles and advanced pilot displays.Wendl, M.J., Grose, G.G., Porter, J.L., and Pruitt, V.R. (1974
''Flight/Propulsion Control Integration Aspects of Energy Management''
Society of Automotive Engineers paper number 740480.

Biography

Grose attended Indiana Technical University, graduating with BS in aerospace engineering, after which he joined Chance Vought in 1945. In 1948 he went to work for McDonnell Aircraft as a staff aerodynamics engineer. He eventually managed research projects in flight mechanics and external aerodynamics and later worked on communication performance during

atmospheric reentry Atmospheric entry is the movement of an object from outer space into and through the gases of an atmosphere of a planet, dwarf planet, or natural satellite. There are two main types of atmospheric entry: ''uncontrolled entry'', such as the entr ...

, which was one of the critical problems in America's emerging space program.Gregory, J. (1980) ''Who's Who in Engineering'', 4th ed., American Association of Engineering Societies.

Awards

1974

References

American aerospace engineers 1925 births 1993 deaths Indiana Institute of Technology alumni {{US-mechanical-engineer-stub