Background
He was born in Carbon County, Wyoming.
He was born in Carbon County, Wyoming.
He developed the first float-type carburetor for aircraft engines that was capable of providing normal operation during inverted flight. In 1927 he became a research engineer at the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company and by 1944 was vice president of engineering for parent company United Aircraft Corporation. In 1956 was elected vice chairman of United Aircraft, retiring in 1958 but remaining on the company"s board of directors until 1968.
He was the author of The Wright Brothers" Engines and Their Design, published in 1971 by the Smithsonian Institution Press as part of its Smithsonian Annals of Flight series.