Career
He joined Grumman in 1951. He worked on the
F9F Cougar
XF10F Jaguar swing wing experimental fighter
F11F-1 Tiger
proposed STOL Anti-Submarine Warfare flying boats
OV-1 Mohawk Observation Aircraft
design of STOL and VTOL aircraft
F-111B TFX
LM Systems Simulation for the lunar module
LM Guidance Navigation and Control. From the F-14A"s inception until 1971, he was the program"s engineering manager, after which he was appointed F-14 deputy development program manager.
He can be seen describing the development of the now-retired F-14 into a maneuvering dogfighter on Modern Marvels: F14 Digital Video Disc, and F-14D Tomcat versus
F/A18 East/F Super Hornet Two experts say the Super Hornet isn"t so super By Bob Kress and Rear Admiral. Paul Gillcrist, United States. Navy (Retired) He is credited with the idea of a computer controlled wing sweep mechanism that could be used in combat maneuvering.
