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Jack N. Nielsen
Pages 144-147

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... In his professional activities, in both government and private industry, Jack's main technical contributions were to research and development of advanced methods for the aerodynamic engineering of aerospace vehicles. lack was born on November 21, 191S, in Carnarvon, Wales, the son of a captain of a merchant marine ship.
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... Altogether, lack published nearly two hundred technical papers between 1943 and 1984, some on quite different subjects including parawings, sail rotors, dispersion in estuaries, and wake turbulence. In recognition of his many fundamental contributions to aerodynamics engineering, and to his status as the leading
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... United States participation in World War II started shortly after his professional career began as a young graduate mechanical engineer engaged in research at NACAs Langley Field, Virginia. Jack felt strongly about his country s war effort.
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