Homer J. Wood
Homer J. Wood was an engineer at Garrett AiResearch, who did pioneering work in gas turbine engines for aircraft applications.[1][2] He won the Wright Brothers Medal in 1949 with Frederick Dallenbach for a paper[3] discussing auxiliary turbines to supply pneumatic power for aircraft based on the Garrett GTC43/44 and GTP70 units.[2] Wood went on to design the GTC85, one of the most widely used auxiliary power units in commercial and military aviation.[2]
References
- ^ American Aviation (1949) 13, 30.
- ^ a b c Leyes, R. A. and Fleming, W. A. (1999) The History of North American Small Gas Turbine Aircraft Engines, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Reston VA.
- ^ H.J. Wood and F. Dallenbach (1950) Auxiliary Gas Turbines for Pneumatic Power in Aircraft Applications, SAE Quarterly Transactions 4, 197.
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- Allied Corp.
- Garrett AiResearch
- Solvay Process Company
- Bendix Corporation
- Bunker Ramo Corporation
- Eugene Meyer
- William Ripley Nichols
- Central Air Data Computer
- Frederick Dallenbach
- Cliff Garrett
- Garrett STAMP
- Homer J. Wood
- Normalair
- Honeywell
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