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Which were the greatest American aircraft designers & engineers of the 20th Century?

1. Alexander de Seversky
5
3%
2. Alexander Kartveli
2
1%
3. Bill Boeing
5
3%
4. Burt Rutan
10
7%
5. Clyde Cessna
3
2%
6. Donald Douglas
13
9%
7. Dutch Kindelberger
9
6%
8. Dwane Wallace
0
No votes
9. Ed Heinemann
11
8%
10. Glenn Curtiss
9
6%
11. Howard Hughes
7
5%
12. Igor Sikorsky
10
7%
13. Isaac Laddon
1
1%
14. Jack Northrop
14
10%
15. Kelly Johnson
19
13%
16. Orville & Wilbur Wright
11
8%
17. Roy Grumman
8
5%
18. Ted Smith
1
1%
19. Walter Beech
3
2%
20. William Piper
5
3%
 
Total votes : 146

Re: Greatest American Aircraft Designers & Engineers?

Wed Mar 22, 2017 11:31 pm

Ed Heinemann! But I could be biased :P

Re: Greatest American Aircraft Designers & Engineers?

Thu Mar 23, 2017 9:31 pm

Jack Northrop once told me his greatest accomplishment was the Alpha. The mother of modern aircraft. A little known fact is with the help of one of his employees he invented the tig welder in order to build it.
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