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Archibald Reith Low
Born(1878-12-31)31 December 1878
Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Died21 January 1969(1969-01-21) (aged 90)
Wimborne, Dorset, England, UK
NationalityUnited Kingdom British & later Canadian Canada

Archibald "Archie" Reith Low, MA (Cantab) FRAeS (31 December 1878, in Aberdeen – 21 January 1969)[1] was a British pilot and aeronautics pioneer. He designed the Vickers F.B.5. and Vickers E.F.B.1.[2][3][4] According to Mervyn O'Gorman, Low coined the term "drag" to refer to aerodynamic drag.[5]

  1. ^ "Archibald Low". britishaviation-ptp.com. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  2. ^ Bloor, David (3 October 2011). The Enigma of the Aerofoil: Rival Theories in Aerodynamics, 1909-1930. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226060934.
  3. ^ Driver, Hugh (1 January 1997). The Birth of Military Aviation: Britain, 1903-1914. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. ISBN 9780861932344.
  4. ^ Penrose, Harald (1997). British Aviation: The Pioneer Years 1903-1914, Volume 1. Putnam. ISBN 9780370001227.
  5. ^ https://archive.org/details/Flight_International_Magazine_1913-02-01-pdf/page/n19/mode/2up Flight, 1913, p. 126

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