Name Orville Wheelon Role Aeronautical Engineer | Died February 9, 1966 Awards Wright Brothers Medal | |
Orville Albert Wheelon (June 12, 1906 – February 9, 1966) was an aeronautical engineer who invented the Verson-Wheelon process for aircraft sheet-metal forming and who was one of the first to use titanium in modern aircraft construction. The latter work earned him the Wright Brothers Medal in 1951.
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