Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Androidâ„¢ device!
Download
Faster access than browser!
 

Earl Schuyler Kleinhans

Index Earl Schuyler Kleinhans

Earl Schuyler (Sky) Kleinhans (February 3, 1905 – September 21, 1996) was an airplane and flying boat aeronautical engineering pioneer with primary experience at Sikorsky and Douglas Aircraft where he advanced over a 36-year career to become chief engineer and retired as the Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board in 1969 for McDonnell Douglas. [1]

40 relations: Aerospace engineering, Aircraft, Alpha Kappa Lambda, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Angel Falls, Boat, Chief engineer, Douglas Aircraft Company, Douglas DC-3, Douglas DC-4, Douglas DC-4E, Douglas DC-6, Douglas DC-7, Douglas DC-8, Douglas X-3 Stiletto, Douglas XB-19, Douglas XB-42 Mixmaster, Douglas XB-43 Jetmaster, Felixstowe F5L, Flying boat, Hollywood High School, Irvine, California, James H. Kindelberger, Jimmie Angel, John Cyril Porte, Keystone Aircraft, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, McDonnell Douglas, McDonnell Douglas DC-9, Metal Aircraft Corporation Flamingo, Naval Aircraft Factory PN, Pittsburgh, Seaplane Experimental Station, Sikorsky Aircraft, Sikorsky S-38, Sikorsky S-40, Sikorsky S-41, Sikorsky S-42, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Los Angeles.

Aerospace engineering

Aerospace engineering is the primary field of engineering concerned with the development of aircraft and spacecraft.

New!!: Earl Schuyler Kleinhans and Aerospace engineering · See more »

Aircraft

An aircraft is a machine that is able to fly by gaining support from the air.

New!!: Earl Schuyler Kleinhans and Aircraft · See more »

Alpha Kappa Lambda

Alpha Kappa Lambda (ΑΚΛ), commonly known as AKL, is an American collegiate social fraternity founded at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1914.

New!!: Earl Schuyler Kleinhans and Alpha Kappa Lambda · See more »

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is a professional society for the field of aerospace engineering.

New!!: Earl Schuyler Kleinhans and American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics · See more »

Angel Falls

Angel Falls (Salto Ángel; Pemon language: Kerepakupai Meru meaning "waterfall of the deepest place", or Parakupá Vená, meaning "the fall from the highest point") is a waterfall in Venezuela.

New!!: Earl Schuyler Kleinhans and Angel Falls · See more »

Boat

A boat is a watercraft of a large range of type and size.

New!!: Earl Schuyler Kleinhans and Boat · See more »

Chief engineer

A chief engineer is a senior engineer in an organization.

New!!: Earl Schuyler Kleinhans and Chief engineer · See more »

Douglas Aircraft Company

The Douglas Aircraft Company was an American aerospace manufacturer based in Southern California.

New!!: Earl Schuyler Kleinhans and Douglas Aircraft Company · See more »

Douglas DC-3

The Douglas DC-3 is a fixed-wing propeller-driven airliner with tailwheel-type landing gear.

New!!: Earl Schuyler Kleinhans and Douglas DC-3 · See more »

Douglas DC-4

The Douglas DC-4 is a four-engine (piston) propeller-driven airliner developed by the Douglas Aircraft Company.

New!!: Earl Schuyler Kleinhans and Douglas DC-4 · See more »

Douglas DC-4E

The Douglas DC-4E was an American experimental airliner that was developed before World War II.

New!!: Earl Schuyler Kleinhans and Douglas DC-4E · See more »

Douglas DC-6

The Douglas DC-6 is a piston-powered airliner and transport aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1946 to 1958.

New!!: Earl Schuyler Kleinhans and Douglas DC-6 · See more »

Douglas DC-7

The Douglas DC-7 is a transport aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1953 to 1958.

New!!: Earl Schuyler Kleinhans and Douglas DC-7 · See more »

Douglas DC-8

The Douglas DC-8 (also known as the McDonnell Douglas DC-8) is an American four-engine long-range narrow-body jet airliner built from 1958 to 1972 by the Douglas Aircraft Company.

New!!: Earl Schuyler Kleinhans and Douglas DC-8 · See more »

Douglas X-3 Stiletto

The Douglas X-3 Stiletto was a 1950s United States experimental jet aircraft with a slender fuselage and a long tapered nose, manufactured by the Douglas Aircraft Company.

New!!: Earl Schuyler Kleinhans and Douglas X-3 Stiletto · See more »

Douglas XB-19

The Douglas XB-19 was the largest bomber aircraft built for the United States Army Air Forces until 1946.

New!!: Earl Schuyler Kleinhans and Douglas XB-19 · See more »

Douglas XB-42 Mixmaster

The Douglas XB-42 Mixmaster was an experimental bomber aircraft, designed for a high top speed.

New!!: Earl Schuyler Kleinhans and Douglas XB-42 Mixmaster · See more »

Douglas XB-43 Jetmaster

The Douglas XB-43 Jetmaster is an American 1940s jet-powered prototype bomber.

New!!: Earl Schuyler Kleinhans and Douglas XB-43 Jetmaster · See more »

Felixstowe F5L

The twin-engine F5L was one of the Felixstowe F series of flying boats developed by John Cyril Porte at the Seaplane Experimental Station, Felixstowe, England during the First World War for production in America.

New!!: Earl Schuyler Kleinhans and Felixstowe F5L · See more »

Flying boat

A flying boat is a fixed-winged seaplane with a hull, allowing it to land on water, that usually has no type of landing gear to allow operation on land.

New!!: Earl Schuyler Kleinhans and Flying boat · See more »

Hollywood High School

Hollywood High School is a four-year public secondary school in the Los Angeles Unified School District, located at the intersection of North Highland Avenue and West Sunset Boulevard in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California.

New!!: Earl Schuyler Kleinhans and Hollywood High School · See more »

Irvine, California

Irvine is a master-planned city in Orange County, California, United States.

New!!: Earl Schuyler Kleinhans and Irvine, California · See more »

James H. Kindelberger

James Howard "Dutch" Kindelberger (May 8, 1895 in Wheeling, West Virginia – July 27, 1962) was an American aviation pioneer.

New!!: Earl Schuyler Kleinhans and James H. Kindelberger · See more »

Jimmie Angel

James Crawford Angel (August 1, 1899December 8, 1956) was an American aviator after whom Angel Falls in Venezuela, the tallest waterfall in the world, is named.

New!!: Earl Schuyler Kleinhans and Jimmie Angel · See more »

John Cyril Porte

Lieutenant Colonel John Cyril Porte, (26 February 1884 – 22 October 1919) was a British flying boat pioneer associated with the World War I Seaplane Experimental Station at Felixstowe.

New!!: Earl Schuyler Kleinhans and John Cyril Porte · See more »

Keystone Aircraft

Keystone Aircraft Corporation was an early pioneer in airplane manufacturing.

New!!: Earl Schuyler Kleinhans and Keystone Aircraft · See more »

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

New!!: Earl Schuyler Kleinhans and Massachusetts Institute of Technology · See more »

McDonnell Douglas

McDonnell Douglas was a major American aerospace manufacturing corporation and defense contractor formed by the merger of McDonnell Aircraft and the Douglas Aircraft Company in 1967.

New!!: Earl Schuyler Kleinhans and McDonnell Douglas · See more »

McDonnell Douglas DC-9

The McDonnell Douglas DC-9 (initially known as the Douglas DC-9) is a twin-engine, single-aisle jet airliner.

New!!: Earl Schuyler Kleinhans and McDonnell Douglas DC-9 · See more »

Metal Aircraft Corporation Flamingo

The Metal Aircraft Corp.

New!!: Earl Schuyler Kleinhans and Metal Aircraft Corporation Flamingo · See more »

Naval Aircraft Factory PN

The Naval Aircraft Factory PN was a series of open cockpit American flying boats of the 1920s and 1930s.

New!!: Earl Schuyler Kleinhans and Naval Aircraft Factory PN · See more »

Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States, and is the county seat of Allegheny County.

New!!: Earl Schuyler Kleinhans and Pittsburgh · See more »

Seaplane Experimental Station

The Seaplane Experimental Station, formerly RNAS Felixstowe, was a British aircraft design unit during the early part of the 20th century.

New!!: Earl Schuyler Kleinhans and Seaplane Experimental Station · See more »

Sikorsky Aircraft

The Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation is an American aircraft manufacturer based in Stratford, Connecticut.

New!!: Earl Schuyler Kleinhans and Sikorsky Aircraft · See more »

Sikorsky S-38

The Sikorsky S-38 was an American twin-engined eight-seat sesquiplane amphibious aircraft.

New!!: Earl Schuyler Kleinhans and Sikorsky S-38 · See more »

Sikorsky S-40

The Sikorsky S-40 was an American amphibious flying boat built by Sikorsky in the early 1930s for Pan American World Airways.

New!!: Earl Schuyler Kleinhans and Sikorsky S-40 · See more »

Sikorsky S-41

The Sikorsky S-41 was an amphibious flying boat airliner produced in the United States in the early 1930s.

New!!: Earl Schuyler Kleinhans and Sikorsky S-41 · See more »

Sikorsky S-42

The Sikorsky S-42 was a commercial flying boat designed and built by Sikorsky Aircraft to meet requirements for a long-range flying boat laid out by Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) in 1931.

New!!: Earl Schuyler Kleinhans and Sikorsky S-42 · See more »

University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public research university in Berkeley, California.

New!!: Earl Schuyler Kleinhans and University of California, Berkeley · See more »

University of California, Los Angeles

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public research university in the Westwood district of Los Angeles, United States.

New!!: Earl Schuyler Kleinhans and University of California, Los Angeles · See more »

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Schuyler_Kleinhans

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »