Richard T. Whitcomb, Designed The Supercritical Airfoil
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Airliner, fighter or business jet —almost every modern aircraft owes part of its aerodynamic design to one man: Richard T. Whitcomb, who died Oct. 15 in Newport News, Va. He was 89. As a NASA engineer, Whitcomb developed three of the most important post-war innovations in aeronautics: transonic area...
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