George S. Schairer
George S. Schairer, the Boeing aerodynamicist who was key to bringing about the swept wing in America, died Oct. 28 in Kirkland, Wash., of complications of Alzheimer's disease. He was 91. Schairer (right in photo of a prototype B-52 flutter model) joined Boeing in 1939 to head the aerodynamics staff...
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