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Robert Jones (7 November 1891 – 17 March 1962) was a Welsh mathematician and aerodynamicist.He was one of the world's leading experts on the stability of airships. [1]He was born at Criccieth, Caernarfonshire to John Jones and his wife Sarah Mary.
Johanna Weber (1910–2014) – aerodynamicist for the Handley-Page Victor and Concorde; Fred Weick (1899–1993) – airmail pilot, NACA research engineer who designed the NACA cowl, and designer of the Ercoupe and Piper Cherokee; Daniel Weihs (born 1942) Edward Curtis Wells (1910–1986) – Boeing executive and designer
Theodore von Kármán (Hungarian: (szőllőskislaki) Kármán Tódor [(søːløːʃkiʃlɒki) ˈkaːrmaːn ˈtoːdor], May 11, 1881 – May 6, 1963) was a Hungarian-American mathematician, aerospace engineer, and physicist who worked in aeronautics and astronautics.
In 2003, he then became a trackside aerodynamicist before progressing on to being the team leader for aerodynamic performance at McLaren in 2006. In 2008, he moved to the Renault F1 Team to become the principal aerodynamicist, [ 3 ] he stayed with the Enstone team until 2012 when he moved to Mercedes to become the head of aerodynamics. [ 4 ]
Robert T. Jones, (May 28, 1910 – August 11, 1999), was an American aerodynamicist and aeronautical engineer for NACA and later NASA. [1] He was known at NASA as "one of the premier aeronautical engineers of the twentieth century". [2]
John Roncz was born to Peter John Roncz and his wife Catherine, nee Scheibelhut, of South Bend, Indiana, [2] who were married in June 1946. [3] Known as P. John Roncz, his father was a co-founder of Maron Products Inc, an engineering company specialising in metal stampings, mainly for the automotive industry.
Chamberlin began his engineering career with the British aircraft company (and later ejection seat manufacturers) Martin-Baker before returning to Canada. [4] He worked on the production of the British Avro Anson at Federal Aircraft Ltd. in Montreal (1940–1941), and later, on training and anti-submarine aircraft as chief engineer at Clarke Ruse Aircraft in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (1941–1942).
Dirk Laurie de Beer (born 2 June 1963) is a South African Formula One aerodynamicist. He was most recently the head of aerodynamics at the Alpine team until March 2024.