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Richard Travis Whitcomb (February 21, 1921 – October 13, 2009) was an American aeronautical engineer who was noted for his contributions to the science of aerodynamics.
10 de ago. de 2015 · Richard T. “Dick” Whitcomb (1921 – 2009) conceived and developed three revolutionary aerodynamic concepts that forever changed airplane design by enabling military and civil aircraft to fly faster, farther, and with less fuel.
7 de jul. de 2016 · Once dubbed “the man who could see air,” NASA engineer Richard T. Whitcomb used a combination of visualization and intuition to revolutionize modern aviation — by turning the shape of the airplane wing on its head.
26 de oct. de 2009 · Richard T. Whitcomb, whose understanding of the way air rips around an airplane as it approaches the sound barrier revolutionized the way jets are shaped, allowing them to fly faster on less...
Richard Witcomb ’43 shows off his design to reduce drag at supersonic speed. In 1969, he unveiled his newly designed supercritical wing. Featuring a thick, blunt leading edge, a flat top, and a bulging underside with a downward lip on the tail edge, this new wing reduced drag, which has saved billions of dollars in fuel cost and can be seen ...
Richard Travis Whitcomb, an internationally recognized aerodynamicist, has been responsible for three landmark ideas, all of which were radical departures from conventional aerodynamic theory and all of which forever changed aircraft flight.
NACA/NASA Langley engineer Richard T. Whitcomb was awarded the 1954 Collier Trophy for his development of the "area rule, " an innovation that revolutionized the design of virtually every transonic and supersonic aircraft ever built.
