Paul F. Bikle (5 June 1916 – 19 January 1991) was director of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Dryden Flight Research Facility...
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Paul B. MacCready Jr. (September 25, 1925 – August 28, 2007) was an American aeronautical engineer. He was the founder of AeroVironment and the designer...
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a recovery system for the Gemini space capsules. Charles Richards and Paul Bikle developed the concept producing a wing that was simple to build which...
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record holder Alessandro Bianchi – Italian Minister for Transportation Paul Bikle - current world-record holder for height gain in a glider Ivo – Slovenian...
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notable exceptions include: 6 used by Paul Bikle, a gliding competitor. The Bikle T-6, a glider, was named for Bikle's competition number and the T-tailed...
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Carter Berkshire Concept 70 – Berkshire Manufacturing Corporation Bikle T-6 – Paul Bikle Bock 1 – John W. Bock Boeing Steel Truss Glider Bowers Bantam Bowlus...
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pilots have flown gliders out of Inyokern, including Neil Armstrong, Paul Bikle, and Steve Fossett. Presently Inyokern Airport is the home to Sierra Soaring...
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capsules and recovery of used Saturn rocket stages. Under a directive by Paul Bikle, NASA engineer Charles Richard in 1961–1962 designed the collapsible four-tube...
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recipients include: Paul Bikle Anne Burns Janusz Centka Tadeusz Góra Hans-Werner Grosse Wolf Hirth Dick Johnson George Lee Paul MacCready Edward Makula...
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selection panel, add it to the pile of applications when it arrived. Paul Bikle, the director of the NASA's Flight Research Center, and therefore Armstrong's...
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Federal Judge Richard F. Abel, former United States Air Force brig. general Paul Bikle, former director of the NASA Flight Research Center Robert J. Elder, Jr...
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designation number, described in a 1960 letter by NASA flight research director Paul Bikle, and split into three columns below. The first part, a number—1, 2 or...
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The Bikle T-6 is an American, mid-wing, single seat, glider designed by Paul Bikle and based upon the design of the Schreder HP-14. Even though only one...
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flight testing. Working with the Flight Test Center's Technical Director, Paul Bikle, he defined the basic flight test techniques that are still used by the...
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Richard Schreder (1959) Pelagia Majewska (1960) Adolph Gehriger (1961) Paul Bikle (1962) Heinz Huth (1963) Alvin H. Parker (1964) Edward Makula (1965) Anne...
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Richard Schreder (1959) Pelagia Majewska (1960) Adolph Gehriger (1961) Paul Bikle (1962) Heinz Huth (1963) Alvin H. Parker (1964) Edward Makula (1965) Anne...
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Lincoln was awarded the Barringer Trophy in 1960 for that distance flight. Paul Bikle flew the sole 1-23E to a world absolute altitude record of 46,267 feet...
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P.1127 and Harrier. Luca Bertossio - Champion glider aerobatic pilot Paul Bikle - NASA director, glider altitude record setter and Soaring Hall of Fame...
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Richard Schreder (1959) Pelagia Majewska (1960) Adolph Gehriger (1961) Paul Bikle (1962) Heinz Huth (1963) Alvin H. Parker (1964) Edward Makula (1965) Anne...
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Pelagia Majewska Poland 1961 Adolph 'Pirat' Gehriger Switzerland 1962 Paul F. Bikle United States 1963 Heinz Huth Germany 1964 Alvin H. Parker United States...
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Richard Schreder (1959) Pelagia Majewska (1960) Adolph Gehriger (1961) Paul Bikle (1962) Heinz Huth (1963) Alvin H. Parker (1964) Edward Makula (1965) Anne...
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Richard Schreder (1959) Pelagia Majewska (1960) Adolph Gehriger (1961) Paul Bikle (1962) Heinz Huth (1963) Alvin H. Parker (1964) Edward Makula (1965) Anne...
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Richard Schreder (1959) Pelagia Majewska (1960) Adolph Gehriger (1961) Paul Bikle (1962) Heinz Huth (1963) Alvin H. Parker (1964) Edward Makula (1965) Anne...
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permanent property of any pilot who won it three times in succession. Paul Bikle was the first pilot to win the Trophy three times in succession. He subsequently...
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Richard Schreder (1959) Pelagia Majewska (1960) Adolph Gehriger (1961) Paul Bikle (1962) Heinz Huth (1963) Alvin H. Parker (1964) Edward Makula (1965) Anne...
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Rissington where he trained instructors and flew North American Harvards, Boulton Paul Balliols, Avro Athenas, Gloster Meteors, Supermarine Spitfires, de Havilland...
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Richard Schreder (1959) Pelagia Majewska (1960) Adolph Gehriger (1961) Paul Bikle (1962) Heinz Huth (1963) Alvin H. Parker (1964) Edward Makula (1965) Anne...
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continued for 14 months until new state legislature elections could be held. Paul Bikle set a record for altitude for a sailplane, reaching 46,266 feet (14,102...
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officer and war hero during World War II. Don Beddoe, 87, American actor. Paul Bikle, 74, American aeronautical engineer. Winston H. Bostick, 74, American...
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national cricket team, in Annandale, New South Wales, Australia (d. 1973); Paul Bikle, American aeronautical engineer, director of the Dryden Flight Research...
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