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Spouse. Inez Harmer (1894-1981) [citation needed] John Knudsen Northrop (November 10, 1895 – February 18, 1981) was an American aircraft industrialist and designer who founded the Northrop Corporation in 1939. His career began in 1916 as a draftsman for Loughead Aircraft Manufacturing Company (founded 1912).
21 lut 2022 · Jack Northrop was an American industrialist, born in 1885, and involved in many aircraft designs over his long career. He is best known for founding the Northrop Corporation in 1939. The company produced many military fighter and bomber aircraft, including the B-2 stealth bomber.
John Knudsen Northrop was an American aircraft industrialist and designer who founded the Northrop Corporation in 1939.
Jack Northrop was the American genius behind the Flying Wing design. His theory was to make an entire aircraft the lifting body by eliminating the drag producing fuselage and tail group. Four Northrop N9Ms were manufactured during 1942-1945.
1 paź 2005 · In the course of a long and illustrious career, the legendary Jack Northrop created a series of outstanding aircraft that ranged from a tiny wooden biplane to gigantic flying wings which were, in some ways, 40 years ahead of their time.
28 gru 2021 · John “Jack” Northrop’s aerospace career began in 1916 as a mechanical draftsman-engineer for the Loughead Aircraft Company. In 1923 he joined the Douglas Aircraft Company and helped design the famous “World Cruisers” — the first airplanes to fly around the world.
22 lut 2017 · Just a couple years later, as Amelia Earhart was preparing for her solo transatlantic flight in the Lockheed Vega, Jack again joined forces with Donald Douglas (who owned more than half of the stock) to form Northrop Corporation, an aircraft manufacturing company based in El Segundo, California.
