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Name
  
Bob Kress


Died
  
2007

Bob Kress (1929–2007) was the engineering manager for the Grumman F-14 Tomcat. He joined Grumman in 1951.

He worked on the

  • F9F Cougar
  • XF10F Jaguar swing wing experimental fighter
  • F11F-1 Tiger
  • proposed STOL ASW flying boats
  • OV-1 Mohawk Observation Aircraft
  • design of STOL and VTOL aircraft
  • F-111B TFX
  • LM Systems Simulation for the lunar module
  • LM Guidance Navigation and Control.
  • From the F-14A's inception until 1971, he was the program's engineering manager, after which he was appointed F-14 deputy development program manager.

    • He can be seen describing the development of the now-retired F-14 into a maneuvering dogfighter on Modern Marvels: F14 DVD, and F-14D Tomcat vs. F/A18 E/F Super Hornet Two experts say the Super Hornet isn't so super By Bob Kress and Rear Adm. Paul Gillcrist, U.S. Navy (Ret.) He is credited with the idea of a computer controlled wing sweep mechanism that could be used in combat maneuvering.

    References

    Bob Kress Wikipedia
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