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unusual facts about aeronautical engineering



Ben Rich

After the war he started his college education when he was 21, majoring in mechanical engineering at UC Berkeley, followed by a master's degree in aeronautical engineering at UCLA, instead of in the medical field as he originally planned.

Friedrich Lang

In October 1934 he decided to transfer to the technical University of Breslau where he studied aeronautical engineering.

Maher Zain

He completed his schooling there, gaining a Bachelors degree in Aeronautical Engineering.


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Clarence Syvertson

He graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Aeronautical Engineering (with Distinction) in 1946 at age 20.

Don Finlay

He joined the RAF in April 1935, and was posted to No 17 Squadron, and later in 1936 to No. 54 Squadron RAF before attending the RAF School of Aeronautical Engineering at Henlow.

Favières, Somme

Aeronautical engineering pioneers Gaston Caudron (1882) and René Caudron (1884) were born in Favières.

François Frenkiel

François Frenkiel, received his undergraduate education in Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Ghent, Belgium, and his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Lille in France where he studied under the direction of Kampé de Fériet.

Frank D. Robinson

Robinson was born on Whidbey Island in Washington State and received his BSME degree from the University of Washington in 1957, with graduate work in aeronautical engineering at the University of Wichita.

Henry Millicer

After receiving a degree in aeronautical engineering he worked as a junior designer in the National Aviation Works (Państwowe Zakłady Lotnicze) on the PZL.37 Łoś bomber project headed by Jerzy Dąbrowski and later for the RWD company on the RWD-25 low-wing, fixed-wheels fighter project.

Priyadarshini College of Engineering

Priyadarshini College of Engineering is one of the 15 Engineering colleges in Nagpur that offers degree programmes in 6 Engineering Disciplines of Aeronautical Engineering ,Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering, Computer Technology & Information Technology and Civil Engineering.

Reuben Smeed

He obtained a degree in mathematics and PhD in aeronautical engineering from Queen Mary's College before entering academia as a teacher of mathematics.

Shoichiro Irimajiri

He earned an aeronautical engineering degree from the University of Tokyo and worked for Honda Motor Co., Ltd. for 20 years, overseeing the introduction of its CBX motorcycle, design of their F1 racing engines for the RA273 as well as being the president of Honda of America Inc.

Sydney Jordan

He studied aeronautical engineering at Miles Aircraft's experimental college in Reading, Berkshire, but returned to Dundee and worked as an assistant to comics artist Bill McCail, and learned by studying the work of Alex Raymond, Milton Caniff and Stan Drake.

Syed Yasir Abbas

He then opted to join naval aviation as an engineer and was sent to Pakistan Air Force Academy for further training with 67th CAE/EC course of Aeronautical Engineering at College of Aeronautical Engineering Risalpur.