NASAのインスタグラム(nasa) - 12月19日 10時04分

A Pioneer: Richard T. Whitcomb, an aerodynamicist at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, is most famous for his development of the "area rule." Shown here in the Langley 8 foot High-Speed Wind Tunnel in April 1955, he revolutionized how engineers looked at high-speed drag and impacted the design of virtually every transonic and supersonic aircraft ever built. Just 11 years after graduating from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, he was presented the prestigious Collier Trophy on Dec.18, 1954, in recognition of the far-reaching impact of his "area rule" work. Whitcomb had an incredibly prolific career at NACA and NASA; designing the supercritical airfoil in the 1960s and creating winglets in the 1970s.
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