Memorial Tributes Volume 23 (2021) / Chapter Skim
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RICHARD J. COAR
RICHARD J. COAR
Pages 58-63
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When he retired, he noted that the accounting system wouldn't give him credit for those summers, so he had "only" a 44-year career at P&W. After graduating in 1942 with a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering summa cum laude, he formally joined P&W, during the era of the great piston engines of 59
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Dick was responsible for the afterburner control system for the world's first supersonic fighter, the F-100, and was appointed project engineer for what was then the world's largest turboprop engine, the T57, designed to power large military cargo planes and bombers. The engine ran well but the T57 was not put into production because the Air Force decided to power its planes with jets.
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But then, to the Air Force's surprise, Lockheed advocated for cancellation of the program in 1958. Liquid hydrogen proved to be a problematic fuel for a highspeed aircraft and, perhaps even more importantly, the engineering advances made during the program suggested that an even faster aircraft could be built using a more conventional fuel.
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Kolk Air Transportation Progress Award in 1985. He served on the Department of Defense's Ad hoc Committee on the Export of Technology, NASA Advisory Board on Aircraft Fuel Conservation Technology, and Aerospace Council and the Technical Board of the SAE, and chaired the National Research Council's NASA Research and Technology Advisory Council Committee on Aerospace Propulsion.
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