Burt Rutan

Burt Rutan

male, 66 years old
Ansari X-Prize, rocket plane, spaceshipone, suborbital, UnitedStatesaerospaceengineer, Aerospace engineer…aerospace engineering, Design News Engineer, Flight Test Project Engineer, engineer
Elbert Leander "Burt" Rutan (born June 17, 1943 in Estacada, Oregon) is an American aerospace engineer noted for his originality in designing...
Sherman Fairchild

Sherman Fairchild

male, deceased (1971)
from New York, UnitedStatesaerospaceengineer, Aviation inventor, philanthropist, aviator, Business person in aviation
Sherman Fairchild matriculated at Harvard University in 1915 where, in his freshman year, he invented the flash camera. He also contracted...
Howard Hughes

Howard Hughes

male, deceased (1976)
wealthiest people in the world, TWA, entrepreneur, aviator, obsessive-compulsive disorder, Industrialist…engineer, UnitedStatesaerospaceengineer, Aerospace engineer
Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. was, in his time, an aviator, engineer, industrialist, film producer and director, a playboy, an eccentric, and one of...
Paul MacCready

Paul MacCready

male, 84 years old (Pasadena, California, United States)
Glider pilot, from California, Collier Trophy recipient, UnitedStatesaerospaceengineer, United States Naval Aviator, Paul B. MacCready, Jr…Gliding in the United States, aeronautical engineer, Aerospace engineer
Paul B. MacCready, Jr. (born September 25, 1925 in New Haven, Connecticut) is an American aeronautical engineer. He is the founder of AeroVironment...
John B. McKay

John B. McKay

male, deceased (1975)
UnitedStatesaerospaceengineer, Virginia Tech alumni, Man In Space Soonest, Douglas Skyrocket, Douglas Skystreak, F-100 Super Sabre
John B. McKay (December 8, 1922 - April 27, 1975) was one of the first pilots assigned to the X-15 flight research program at NASA's Flight...
Anatol Roshko

Anatol Roshko

male
UnitedStatesaerospaceengineer, Engineering educator, Theodore von Karman, California Institute of Technology faculty, M.Sc., B.Sc.
Anatol Roshko is the Theodore von Karman Professor of Aeronautics, Emeritus, at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA. Dr. Roshko is...

Glen P. Wilson

male, deceased (2005)
University of Texas at Austin alumni, UnitedStatesaerospaceengineer, NASA personnel, National Space Society, American, emeritus…engineer
Glen Parten Wilson Jr. (1923-2005) worked on the Senate space and astronautics committee, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)...
Joseph Francis Shea

Joseph Francis Shea

male, deceased (1999)
engineering mechanics, UnitedStatesaerospaceengineer, applied mechanics, Apollo 1, MIT, American
Joseph Francis Shea (September 5, 1926-February 14, 1999) was an aerospace engineer and NASA manager. Born in the Bronx, New York, he was educated...

M. Frank Rudy

male
Case Western Reserve University alumni, UnitedStatesaerospaceengineer, Case Western Reserve University, inventor, Phi Kappa Tau member, American
Marion Frank Rudy is a former aeronautical engineer who patented a cushioning system based on an inert gas encapsulated in polyurethane plastic. It...
Noshir Gowadia

Noshir Gowadia

male
affidavit, United States nationality law, U.S. citizen, UnitedStatesaerospaceengineer, accused spy, B-2 Spirit…immigrated to the United States, Immigration to the United States, Design Engineer
Noshir Sheriarji Gowadia is a former design engineer at Northrop Corporation. He was involved in the creation of the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber and...