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R. RICHARD HEPPE
R. RICHARD HEPPE
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MULLIN SUBMITTED BY THE NAE HOME SECRETARY R RICHARD HEPPE, retired vice president of Lockheed Corporation and last president of Lockheed California Company, died January 18, 2015, in Cupertino, California.
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Dick was involved in developing three large turboprop propelled aircraft: the C-130 Hercules military transport, the Electra commercial airliner, and the P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft. When development of a large supersonic passenger aircraft was given a high national priority in 1963 Dick was assigned as chief engineer of what became Lockheed model L-2000 supersonic transport (SST)
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He then focused on leading the preliminary design of a stealthy Mach 2 twin engine fighter aircraft to compete in the emerging Air Force Advanced Tactical Fighter competition. In 1984 Dick became president of Lockheed California Company, which had major plants in Burbank and Palmdale,
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Weakley Award from the National Security Industrial Association for contributions to US antisubmarine warfare capability. Dick Heppe was one of the most creative, accomplished, and versatile aeronautical engineers of the twentieth century.
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For decades he and his wife Pat's favorite vacation and getaway spot was the Napili Kai Beach Resort on Maui. Dick was predeceased by Patricia Kennedy Heppe, his wife of 57 years, and his son Bruce.
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