Director Paul F. Bikle, at NASA's Flight Research Center (FRC) in 1959 (from NASA Photo E-4875)
Born
(1916-06-05)5 June 1916
Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died
19 January 1991(1991-01-19) (aged 74)
Salinas, California, U.S.
Nationality
American
Education
University of Detroit, B.S. 1939
Known for
Inspiring the Rogallo wing used in many modern hang-gliders
Aviation career
Famous flights
He established two world soaring records on 25 February 1961 while flying his Schweizer SGS 1-23E near Lancaster, California, achieving an altitude of 46,267 ft (14,102 m) feet and a total-altitude-gained mark of 42,300 ft (12,900 m).
Paul F. Bikle (5 June 1916 – 19 January 1991) was director of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Dryden Flight Research Facility from 1959 until 1971, and author of more than 40 technical publications. He was associated with major aeronautical research programs including the hypersonic X-15 rocket plane, and was a world record-setting glider pilot.
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notable exceptions include: 6 used by PaulBikle, a gliding competitor. The Bikle T-6, a glider, was named for Bikle's competition number and the T-tailed...
record holder Alessandro Bianchi – Italian Minister for Transportation PaulBikle - current world-record holder for height gain in a glider Ivo – Slovenian...
selection panel, add it to the pile of applications when it arrived. PaulBikle, the director of the NASA's Flight Research Center, and therefore Armstrong's...
Federal Judge Richard F. Abel, former United States Air Force brig. general PaulBikle, former director of the NASA Flight Research Center Robert J. Elder, Jr...
pilots have flown gliders out of Inyokern, including Neil Armstrong, PaulBikle, and Steve Fossett. Presently Inyokern Airport is the home to Sierra Soaring...
capsules and recovery of used Saturn rocket stages. Under a directive by PaulBikle, NASA engineer Charles Richard in 1961–1962 designed the collapsible four-tube...
recipients include: PaulBikle Anne Burns Janusz Centka Tadeusz Góra Hans-Werner Grosse Wolf Hirth Dick Johnson George Lee Paul MacCready Edward Makula...
P.1127 and Harrier. Luca Bertossio - Champion glider aerobatic pilot PaulBikle - NASA director, glider altitude record setter and Soaring Hall of Fame...
national cricket team, in Annandale, New South Wales, Australia (d. 1973); PaulBikle, American aeronautical engineer, director of the Dryden Flight Research...
Rissington where he trained instructors and flew North American Harvards, Boulton Paul Balliols, Avro Athenas, Gloster Meteors, Supermarine Spitfires, de Havilland...
Pelagia Majewska Poland 1961 Adolph 'Pirat' Gehriger Switzerland 1962 Paul F. Bikle United States 1963 Heinz Huth Germany 1964 Alvin H. Parker United States...
continued for 14 months until new state legislature elections could be held. PaulBikle set a record for altitude for a sailplane, reaching 46,266 feet (14,102...
officer and war hero during World War II. Don Beddoe, 87, American actor. PaulBikle, 74, American aeronautical engineer. Winston H. Bostick, 74, American...
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