Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Roy LoPresti: “ Maury Markowitz: ”’LeRoy Patrick ‘Roy’ LoPresti”’ (b. June 9, 1929, d. August 7, 2002) was an America [[aeronautical engineer]] best known for his work in the [[general aviation]] field. He designed the [[Grumman Tiger]] and [[Grumman Cheetah|Cheetah]] aircraft, was Chief Engineer and Vice President of Engineering at [[Mooney]] where he designed the […]
Charles Richards, NASA engineer: “ Joefaust: /* Timeline */ Stardust (spacecraft) Designer engineer Charles Richards used data from [[NASA]] research over [[Francis Rogallo]]’s mechanical inventions to produce a [[wing]] configuration for manned [[hang glider|hung-pilot kite-gliders]] that was to be found copied only with slight ornamental variation in a decade of hang gliders. <ref>http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/gallery/Photo/Paresev/index.html NASA Dryden […]
Stephen J. Zand: “ Agricola44: created page ”’Stephen J. Zand”’ (d. 24 January 1963) was an aeronautical pioneer who worked at the [[Sperry Corporation|Sperry Gyroscope Co.]] and was later Vice-President of Engineering at the [[Lord Corporation]]. He solved many of the early problems related to vibrations and sound<ref name=’lordco’>Kholos, L. (2005) [http://books.google.com/books?id=AR97AHnpLNgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Courage+and+Innovation&sig=ACfU3U3bXICo-onIIUkfSG4uecR78Pfosg ”Courage and Innovation: […]
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Bill Palmer: “ Foolestroupe: birth-death dates {{underconstruction}} Bill Palmer<ref name=’Palmer01′>{{cite web |author=Bill Palmer |publisher=The Classical Free-Reed, Inc. |date=1949 |url=http://www.ksanti.net/free-reed/essays/palmerbach.html |title=The Free-Reed Journal – Should Accordionists Play Bach? by Bill Palmer |accessdate=2008-10-01 |format=html }}</ref> (1917-1996) invented a ‘quint’ system which was later patented by Titano as used in their line of converter (or ‘quint’) bass [[accordion]]s. […]
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Yasuhiro Morinaga: ” Anna Lincoln: Nominated for Speedy Deletion {{db-bio}} ”’Yasuhiro Morinaga”’ is a Sound Designer / Sound Artist. ” (Via Wikipedia – New pages [en].)
Thursday, October 2, 2008
John O. Limb: “ Ketil3: [[WP:AES|←]]Created page with ””John 0. Limb”’ is an American engineer, known for fundamental contributions to the development of digital video communications and holder of a long series of pa…’ ”’John 0. Limb”’ is an American engineer, known for fundamental contributions to the development of digital video communications and holder of […]