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Fisher, Franklin Adams was born on July 29, 1929 in Albuquerque. Son of Robert and Esther Elizabeth (Adams) Fisher.
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Lightning Protection of Aircraft
(This book is an attempt to present under one cover the cu...)
This book is an attempt to present under one cover the current state of knowledge concerning the potential lightning effects on aircraft and that means that are available to designers and operators to protect against these effects. The impetus for writing this book springs from two sources- the increased use of nonmetallic materials in the structure of aircraft and the constant trend toward using electronic equipment to handle flight-critical control and navigation function.
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Franklin Adams Fisher
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Franklin Adams Fisher, American electrical engineer. Recipient Public Service award National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1975. President, Parents Without Partners, Pittsfield, 1977; board directors, secretary Dominion House, Schenectady, 1984-1985; Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (prizes 1958, 75).
Education
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, New Mexico State University, 1951.
Career
Engineer, unit manager high voltage laboratory, General Electric Company, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1951-1974; engineer corporation research laboratory, General Electric Company, 1974-1978; senior application engineer, electrical utility systems engineering department, General Electric Company, Schenectady, 1978-1985; with, Lightning Technologies Inc., Pittsfield, Massachusetts, since 1985. Consultant lighting protection National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1962-1978, member of advisory team space shuttle, 1973-1976. Consultant lighting protection Atomic Energy Commission, Las Vegas, 1973.
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Lightning Protection of Aircraft
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Lightning Protection of Aircraft
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President, Parents Without Partners, Pittsfield, 1977. Board directors, secretary Dominion House, Schenectady, 1984-1985. Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (prizes 1958, 75).
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Married Joan Irene Gilligan, November 23, 1957 (divorced March 1976). Children– Franklin Adams, Priscilla. Married Mary Wales-Winston, June 23, 1979 (divorced September 1992).
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1951
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1951 - 1974
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1951 - 1974
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1985