Etienne Dormoy
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Étienne Dormoy (Vandoncourt, France, 10 February 1885 – San Diego, USA, 28 February 1959) was a designer of aircraft.
He graduated in 1906 as an electrical engineer from Institut industriel du Nord (École Centrale de Lille, France). He worked as an aircraft designer for Deperdussin, SPAD, US Army, Buhl Aircraft Company, Boeing and Consolidated Aircraft Corporation of San Diego (Convair).
Aircraft
- SPAD
- Orenco B
- Dormoy Bathtub
- Buhl Airster CA-3/J-4 C-3A/J-5, C-5
- Buhl Airsedan
- Buhl Bull Pup
- Buhl A-1 Autogiro
- Boeing P-26 Peashooter
- Consolidated PBY Catalina
References
- Bruce H. Charnov, From autogiro to gyroplane: the amazing survival of an aviation technology, Praeger, 2003 (ISBN 1567205038 and ISBN 9781567205039), P. 89, 90, 98
- Robert F. Pauley, Michigan Aircraft Manufacturers Images of Aviation Series, Arcadia Publishing, 2009 (ISBN 0738552186 and ISBN 9780738552187)
- Jeffrey R. Davis, M.D., Robert Johnson, Jan Stepanek, M.D, Fundamentals of Aerospace Medicine, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008 (ISBN 0781774667 and ISBN 9780781774666)
- Bill Gunston, World encyclopaedia of aircraft manufacturers: from the pioneers to the present day, Naval Institute Press, 1993 (ISBN 1557509395 and ISBN 9781557509390)
Links
- Etienne Dormoy, 1885-1959 (Biography)
- Note on Dormoy
- US Patent 2045638 from Etienne Dormoy assigned to Boeing, Means to assist movement of airplane control surface, December 18, 1934
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