An obituary for AIAA fellow, Richard Taylor, who died on Oct 4, 2015, is presented. Taylor was best known for his work on extended-range twin-engine operational performance standards. After receiving a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue University, he joined Boeing in 1946 after serving in World War II as a US Army artillery spotter pilot. He worked as a flight-test engineer in many positions, among them as test pilot on the B-47 Stratojet and the KB-29 aerial tanker.
AIAA Fellow Taylor Died in October
Aerospace America ; 53 , 11 ; B12
2015
Article (Journal)
English
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