Aerospace Designers

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The Life and Times of Glenn Hammond Curtiss
Glenn Curtiss, founder of the US aircraft industry (also a motorcycle daredevil).
your dash
How are you going to live your dash?...smiling & lovin..with all my might..
Walter H. Beech - Kansapedia - Kansas Historical Society
Walter Herschel Beech, (1891–1950), aviator and aircraft designer
Lloyd Stearman - Kansapedia - Kansas Historical Society
Lloyd Stearman of Stearman Aircraft Co., later Boeing, studied architecture at K-State
Sir Geoffrey de Havilland
Sir Geoffrey de Havilland. Aircraft designer and manufacturer. . He built his first plane in 1908 and became director of the firm bearing his name, which produced many famous aircraft including the Tiger Moth, the Mosquito and the Comet jet airliner. He established a height record for light aircraft in 1928. Knighted in 1944. Died at Watford Peace Memorial Hospital, Stanmore. Paternal cousin of the Hollywood actors, sisters, Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine...
The genius who shrank the globe: Why after 70 years we should celebrate jet engine inventor Frank Whittle
Frank Whittle, (1907–1996), England – co-inventor of the jet engine