John M. Riebe

John Michael Riebe (8 May 1921 – 21 February 2011) was an American aeronautical engineer and inventor who contributed to the early designs of flight surfaces. Other significant contributions included being project engineer in the development of the Grumman F8F fighter, involvement with short takeoff and landing projects for airline terminals, and work on control systems for rockets, flying boats, Delta wings and powered lift systems.[1] He performed tests in the numerous wind tunnels of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics' Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory in Langley Field, Virginia (now NASA's Langley Research Center in Langley Air Force Base, Virginia), where he was employed.

John Michael Riebe
Born(1921-05-08)8 May 1921
Lansford, Pennsylvania
Died21 February 2011(2011-02-21) (aged 89)
Newport News, Virginia
NationalityAmerican
Alma materRensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Scientific career
FieldsAeronautical engineering
InstitutionsLangley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, NACA

Many of the tests he performed, as well as the resulting data and reports, were classified at the time because they were wartime reports, but have been since declassified and available to the general public.[2]

Biography

John Michael Riebe was born on 8 May 1921, in Lansford, Pennsylvania, the United States of America. He attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York and graduated with a Bachelor of Aeronatical Engineering. He began working at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics on 3 January 1943. On 19 August 1946, he received an honorable discharge from the United States Army. He then went on to produce 60 publications and five patents. He retired from NACA (which had become NASA) in December 1974.

Patents

The following is a list of patents owned by Mr. Riebe et al., which have since expired:[3]

[forthcoming]

Publicity

In Popular Science, July 2006 edition, a design was featured in an article, which was invented by John M. Riebe & Vernard E. Lockwood.

References
Notes
  1. Wells 2000, p. 512
  2. An example of such classification can be found here.
  3. Wells 2000, p. 516-7
Bibliography
  • Wells, Robert A. "John M. Riebe." Rensselaer: Aero Engineers: SAGA of Members: Book 2: Class of 1942. Ed. Robert A. Wells. Sea Girt, NJ: Private, 2000.
  • "NASA Technical Reports Server". nasa.gov. 2008. Retrieved January 2008. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
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