John Stack (1906–1972) was an aerospace engineer. He won the Collier Trophy, in 1947 and 1951.

Life

Stack was born in

Lowell, Massachusetts Lowell () is a city in Massachusetts, United States. Alongside Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cambridge, it is one of two traditional county seat, seats of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Middlesex County. With an estimated population of 115,554 in ...

, and graduated from

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a Private university, private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of moder ...

. He worked at Langley Research Center from 1928 to 1962, and Republic Aircraft Corporation, from 1962 to 1971. He died in 1972. John Stack - GPN-2000-001257

He worked on transonic flight. He was part of the Bell X-1 team. He worked with the Variable Density Tunnel, on compressible airflow.

Works

*''The Compressibility Factor'' National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1935
''The Compressibility Burble''
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1935 * John Stack, Albert E Von Doenhoff,
Tests of 16 related airfoils at high speed
NACA-report-492, 1935 *John Stack, W. F. Lindsey, ''Tests of N-85, N-86, and N-87 Airfoil Sections in the 11-inch High-speed Wind Tunnel'', National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1938

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