John M. Riebe
John Michael Riebe (8 May 1921 — 21 February 2011) was an American aeronautical engineer and inventor who contributed to the early designs of flight surfaces. Other significant contributions included being project engineer in the development of the Grumman F8F fighter, involvement with short takeoff and landing projects for airline terminals, and work on control systems for rockets, flying boats, Delta wings and powered lift systems.[1] He performed tests in the numerous wind tunnels of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics' Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory in Langley Field, Virginia (now NASA's Langley Research Center in Langley Air Force Base, Virginia), where he was employed.
Many of the tests he performed, as well as the resulting data and reports, were classified at the time because they were wartime reports, but have been since unclassified and available to the general public.[2]
Biography
John Michael Riebe was born on 8 May 1921, in Lansford, Pennsylvania, the United States of America. He attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York and graduated with a Bachelor of Aeronatical Engineering. He began working at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics on 3 January 1943. On 19 August 1946, he received an honorable discharge from the United States Army. He then went on to produce 60 publications and five patents. He retired from NACA (which had become NASA) in December 1974.
NACA/NASA Publications
The following is a list (not exhaustive) of the research papers published by Mr. Riebe et al., which ends at 1962:[3]
- 1943 Wind-tunnel Investigation of an NACA 23012 Airfoil with a 0.30-Airfoil-Chord Double Slotted Flap. with Purser, Paul E. & Fischel, Jack
- 1943 Wind-tunnel Investigation of Control-Surface Characteristics. XV - Various Contour Modifications of a 0.30-Airfoil-Chord Plain Flap on an NACA 66(215)-014 Airfoil. with Purser, Paul E.
- 1944 Wind-Tunnel Tests of a 1/16-Scale Model of the Martin PBM-3 Airplane without Power. with Rossi, Peter F.
- 1944 Wind-tunnel investigation of an NACA 23021 airfoil with a 0.32-airfoil-chord double slotted flap. with Fischel, Jack
- 1944 Wind-Tunnel Tests of a 1/8-Scale Model of the Curtiss XBTC-2 (Model B) Airplane. IV - Wing- and Fuselage-Dive Brake Characteristics.
- 1945 Wind-Tunnel Investigation of Control-Surface Characteristics. XXI - A Medium and Large Aerodynamic Balance of Two Nose Shapes and a Plain Overhang Used with a 40-Percent-Chord Flap on NACA 009 Airfoil. with Church, Oleta
- 1945 Wind-Tunnel Tests of a 1/8-Scale Model of the Curtiss XBTC-2 (Model B) Airplane. I - Longitudinal Stability and Ground Effect. with Rossi, Peter F. & Wells, Evalyn G.
- 1945 Wind-Tunnel Tests of a 1/5 Scale Powered Model of the Grumman XF8F-1 Airplane. I - Pressure Measurements in the Charge-Air and Oil-Cooler Ducts. with Comisarow, Paul
- 1945 Wind-Tunnel Tests of a 1/5-Scale Powered Model of the Grumman XF8F-1 Airplane. II - Longitudinal Stability and Control. with Spear, Margaret F.
- 1945 Wind-Tunnel Investigation of Control-Surface Characteristics. XXII - Medium and Large Aerodynamic Balances of Two Nose Shapes and a Plain Overhang Used with a 0.20-Airfoil-Chord Flap on an NACA 009 Airfoil. with McKinney, Elizabeth G.
- 1945 Wind-Tunnel Tests of a 1/5-Scale Powered Model of the Grumman XF8F-1 Airplane. V - Estimated Flying Qualities. with Watson, James M. & Comisarow, Paul
- 1946 Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Flying-Boat Hull Having a Length-Beam Ratio of 15. with Naeseth, Rodger L.
- 1947 Effect of Length-Beam Ratio on the Aerodynamic Characteristics of Flying-Boat Hulls with Yates, Campbell C.
- 1947 Aerodynamic Characteristics of Three Planing-Tail Flying-Boat Hulls with Yates, Campbell C.
- 1947 Effect of Aerodynamic Refinement on the Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Flying-Boat Hull with Naeseth, Rodger L.
- 1947 High-Speed Wind-Tunnel Investigation of a Flying-Boat Hull with High Length-Beam Ratio with Naeseth, Rodger L.
- 1948 High-Speed Wind-Tunnel Investigation of a Flying-Boat Hull with High Length-Beam Ratio with Naeseth, Rodger L.[4]
- 1948 Effect of Length-Beam Ratio on Aerodynamic Characteristics of Flying-Boat Hulls without Wing Interference with Lowry, John G.
- 1948 Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Defined Deep-Step Planing-Tail Flying-Boat Hull with Various Forebody and Afterbody Shapes with Naeseth, Rodger L.
- 1948 Aerodynamic Characteristics of Three Deep-Step Planing-Tail Flying-Boat Hulls with Naeseth, Rodger L.[4]
- 1948 Aerodynamic Characteristics of Flying-Boat Hulls Having Length-Beam Ratios of 20 and 30
- 1949 Preliminary aerodynamic investigation of the effect of camber on a 60 degree delta wing with round and beveled leading edges with Fikes, Joseph E.
- 1949 Preliminary wind-tunnel investigation at high-subsonic speeds of planing-tail, blended, and airfoil-forebody swept hulls with Macleod, Richard G.
- 1950 The effect of end plates on swept wings at low speed with Watson, James M.
- 1951 Stability and control characteristics at low speed of a 1 5-scale model of the EDO 142 hydro-ski research airplane with Macleod, Richard G. & Moseley, William C., Jr
- 1952 Aerodynamic Characteristics of the Deep-Step Planing-Tail Flying-Boat Hulls and a Transverse-Step Hull with Extended Afterbody. with Naeseth, Rodger L.
- 1952 An investigation of a 0.16-scale model of the Douglas X-3 airplane to determine means of improving the low-speed longitudinal stability and control characteristics with Mckee, John W.
- 1952 Aerodynamic characteristics of a refined deep-step planing-tail flying-boat hull with various forebody and afterbody shapes with Naeseth, Rodger L.
- 1952 Aerodynamic characteristics of three deep-step planing-tail flying-boat hulls and a transverse-step hull with extended afterbody with Naeseth, Rodger L.
- 1953 The effects of fuselage size on the low-speed longitudinal aerodynamic characteristics of a thin 60 degree delta wing with and without a double slotted flap
- 1953 Aerodynamic characteristics of a refined deep-step planing-tail flying-boat hull with various forebody and afterbody shapes with Naeseth, Rodger L.
- 1953 Low-speed investigation of the effects of location of a delta horizontal tail on the longitudinal stability and control of a fuselage and thin delta wing with double slotted flaps including the effects of a ground board with Graven, Jean C., Jr
- 1953 Low-speed wind-tunnel investigation of a thin 60 degree delta wing with double slotted, single slotted, plain, and split flaps with Macleod, Richard G.
- 1954 Low-speed investigation of the effects of location of a delta and a straight tail on the longitudinal stability and control of a thin delta wing with extended double slotted flaps with Graven, Jean C., Jr
- 1955 A correlation of two-dimensional data on lift coefficient available with blowing-, suction-, slotted-, and plain-flap high -lift devices
- 1956 Wind-tunnel investigation of jet-augmented flaps on a rectangular wing to high momentum coefficients with Lockwood, Vernard E. & Turner, Thomas R.
- 1956 Low-speed stability characteristics of a cambered-delta-wing model with Moseley, William C., Jr
- 1958 Exploratory wind-tunnel investigation to determine the lift effects of blowing over flaps from nacelles mounted above the wing with Davenport, Edwin E.
Patents
The following is a list of patents owned by Mr. Riebe et al., which have since expired:[5]
[forthcoming]
Publicity
In Popular Science, July 2006 edition, a design was featured in an article, which was invented by John M. Riebe & Vernard E. Lockwood.
References
- Notes
- ^ Wells 2000, p. 512
- ^ An example of such classification can be found here.
- ^ Wells 2000, p. 513-8
- ^ a b Found only on the NASA Technical Reports Server and not in Rensselaer: Aero Engineers: SAGA of Members: Book 2: Class of 1942, which suggests that there could be other reports missing from this list, as neither source is complete.
- ^ Wells 2000, p. 516-7
- Bibliography
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