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Paul Bevilaqua
Paul Michael Bevilaqua (born May 11, 1945) is an aeronautics engineer at Lockheed Martin in California, United States. In 1990, he invented the lift fan for the Joint Strike Fighter F-35B along with fellow Skunk Works engineer, Paul Shumpert.
In 2005, Bevilaqua was elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering for his theoretical contributions, practical innovations, and increased operational utility in vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.
Paul obtained a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 1967 and participated on the men's fencing team.
Bevilaqua obtained his Doctorate in Aeronautics and Astronautics with a focus on Turbulent wakes at Purdue University in 1973. He was also an Air Force Lieutenant at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WP-AFB), where he began professional work in 1971. He became Deputy Director of the Energy Conversion Lab at WP-AFB, managed by jet inventor Hans von Ohain. In 1975, Paul left the Air Force to be a Manager of Advanced Programs at Rockwell International's Navy Aircraft Plant. In 1985, he was appointed Chief Aeronautical Scientist at Lockheed, trying to come up with a new line of business.
Hans von Ohain inspired Bevilaqua to think like an engineer rather than a mathematician - "in school I learned how to move the pieces, and Hans taught me how to play chess", although he said that about Purdue as well. Ohain also showed Bevilaqua "what those TS-diagrams actually mean".
While at WP, Ohain, Bevilaqua and others investigated and patented various flow related concepts, some of them being flow multipliers related to vertical take-off and landing.
In the 1980s, the United States Marine Corps wanted a Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing (V/STOVL) aircraft with more speed and payload than the Harrier/AV-8B.
Bevilaqua was working for Lockheed Skunk Works in 1986, when DARPA and the similar British agency launched a program called ASTOVL and issued a 9-month contract to develop concepts for a stealthy supersonic STOVL plane, in accordance with USMC wishes, but without the usual strict technical requirements.
Paul Bevilaqua
Paul Michael Bevilaqua (born May 11, 1945) is an aeronautics engineer at Lockheed Martin in California, United States. In 1990, he invented the lift fan for the Joint Strike Fighter F-35B along with fellow Skunk Works engineer, Paul Shumpert.
In 2005, Bevilaqua was elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering for his theoretical contributions, practical innovations, and increased operational utility in vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.
Paul obtained a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 1967 and participated on the men's fencing team.
Bevilaqua obtained his Doctorate in Aeronautics and Astronautics with a focus on Turbulent wakes at Purdue University in 1973. He was also an Air Force Lieutenant at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WP-AFB), where he began professional work in 1971. He became Deputy Director of the Energy Conversion Lab at WP-AFB, managed by jet inventor Hans von Ohain. In 1975, Paul left the Air Force to be a Manager of Advanced Programs at Rockwell International's Navy Aircraft Plant. In 1985, he was appointed Chief Aeronautical Scientist at Lockheed, trying to come up with a new line of business.
Hans von Ohain inspired Bevilaqua to think like an engineer rather than a mathematician - "in school I learned how to move the pieces, and Hans taught me how to play chess", although he said that about Purdue as well. Ohain also showed Bevilaqua "what those TS-diagrams actually mean".
While at WP, Ohain, Bevilaqua and others investigated and patented various flow related concepts, some of them being flow multipliers related to vertical take-off and landing.
In the 1980s, the United States Marine Corps wanted a Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing (V/STOVL) aircraft with more speed and payload than the Harrier/AV-8B.
Bevilaqua was working for Lockheed Skunk Works in 1986, when DARPA and the similar British agency launched a program called ASTOVL and issued a 9-month contract to develop concepts for a stealthy supersonic STOVL plane, in accordance with USMC wishes, but without the usual strict technical requirements.