MacCready, Paul B.
Paul B. MacCready papers, circa 1930-2002.
The collection documents most aspects of MacCready's personality and career as aeronautical engineer, entrepreneur and inventor through a diverse array of documents, media, objects, manuscripts and printed material. The papers also document MacCready as a pioneer in alternative energy solutions, including solar energy, and interest in meteorology.
American physicist and aeronautical engineer. Ph.D. aeronautical engineering, California Institute of Technology (1952). Inventor and entrepreneur who became internationally known in 1977 as the father of human-powered flight.
MacCready, Paul B.
Aeronautics
Meteorology
Renewable energy sources. fast
Solar energy
AIP-ICOS
California Institute of Technology. Institute Archives. 1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA