John Stack (engineer)

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Died 1972 Citizenship American		Name John Stack

Born 1906 Lowell, Massachusetts Education Massachusetts Institute of Technology Institution memberships Langley Research Center Practice name Compressibility Research Division
Engineering discipline aerospace engineer

John Stack (1906–1972) was an aerospace engineer. He won the Collier trophy, in 1947 and 1951.

Life

He was born in Lowell, Massachusetts. He graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He worked at Langley Research Center from 1928 to 1962. He worked for Republic Aircraft Corporation, from 1962 to 1971. He died in 1972.

He worked on transonic flight. He was part of the Bell X-1 team. He worked with the Variable Density Tunnel, on compressible airflow.

Works

The Compressibility Factor National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1935

The Compressibility Bubble National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1935

John Stack, Albert E Von Doenhoff, Tests of 16 related airfoils at high speed, NACA-report-492, 1935

John Stack, W. F. Lindsey, Tests of N-85, N-86, and N-87 Airfoil Sections in the 11-inch High-speed Wind Tunnel, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1938

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