Helen Home (1929–?) Doris Tint, née Harvey (1954–1979)
Engineering career
Discipline
Aerodynamics
Projects
Vickers Supermarine Spitfire
Beverley Strahan Shenstone MASc, HonFRAes, FAIAA, AFIAS, FCAISI, HonOSTIV (10 June 1906 – 9 November 1979) was a Canadian aerodynamicist often credited with developing the aerodynamics of the Supermarine Spitfire elliptical wing.[1][2] In his later career, he established the technical foundation of British commercial airline industry[3][clarification needed] and promoted human-powered flight.[4]
^Cole (2012), pp. 16–17.
^Ackroyd (2013).
^Flight International (1979), p. 2016.
^New Scientist (1959), p. 798.
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