Becker, John Vernon, 1913-
John Vernon Becker papers, 1945-1986.
Papers include correspondence, notes, memoranda and other materials related to NACA and NASA programs with which Becker was associated, including the X-1, X-15, X-20, and Dyna-Sour programs; research files for the writing of The High-Speed Frontier; transcripts of oral history interviews; and copies of publications and lectures by Becker.
Aerospace engineer, specialist in hypersonic and reentry aerodynamics and a pioneer in the development of hypersonic research aircraft such as the X-15. Received B.S. (1935, mechanical engineering) and M.S. (1936, aeronautical engineering) degrees from New York University. Joined the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) as a research engineer in 1936. Head of the 16-ft. Wind Tunnel Branch (1943-1947), chief of the Compressibility Research Division (1947-1957), and chief of the Aero-Physics Research Division (1958-1974) at NACA and NASA-Langley; retired from NASA in 1974. Elected a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Author of The High-Speed Frontier: Case Histories of Four NACA Programs, 1920-1950 (Washington, D. C.: NASA, 1980).
Becker, John Vernon, 1913- The high-speed frontier: Case histories of four NACA Programs, 1920-1950.
United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics -- Documentation.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Documentation.
Aircraft design -- Documentation.
Astronautical laboratories -- Administration.
Manned space flight -- United States -- Administration.
Research aircraft.
Space flight -- United States -- Administration.
X-15 (Rocket aircraft)
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X-1 (Rocket aircraft).
X-20 (Rocket aircraft).
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Dyna-Sour Program.
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