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Old 15th Oct 2009, 20:33
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denabol
 
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The designer of the modern wingtip has died

Noticed that Richard Whitcomb who ran the NASA program that devised the modern wingtip, and other stuff, is dead at 88.

When you think about it, what an amazing contribution he made.

Richard Whitcomb, who let us fly faster, has died – Plane Talking

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