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EDWARD WOLL
EDWARD WOLL
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He started his eventful and productive career as an Army Air Force officer during World War II in the Power Plant Laboratory at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. He left Wright Patterson as an Army captain at the war's end and continued his gas turbine work at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he received his master's degree in aeronautical engineering in 1946.
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He retired as vice president of GE Aircraft Engines in 1979. He distinguished himself early on with the design and development of the first successful US afterburning jet engine with variable area nozzle (J47-GE-17)
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Never one to rest on his laurels, he helped conceive and direct development of • the low-bypass fighter engines (so-called cool-skin engines) that powerered a new lightweight fighter gen eration, the advanced development YJ101 engine, which powered the experimental fighter YF-17 and reached mass production as the F404 engine powering the F-18 series of fighter aircraft -- this series is considered the leading powerplant in its class and is the benchmark for an entire generation of military combat aircraft propul sion systems for simplicity, design-to-cost, and ease of maintenance to balance the advanced technology fea tures vital to its success; • the F101X engine, which matured into the renowned F110 fighter engine that powers the world-class F-15 and F-14 aircraft; and • the CF6 and CFM56 subsonic transport engines and the F101 supersonic bomber engine.
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For his considerable contributions he received many honors, including the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics' Air Breathing Propulsion Award (1977) , "for 30 years of sustained significant contributions to the aircraft industry through innovative conception, design, and development of gas turbine engines, including the total engine spectrum from small turboshaft to large bypass turbofans; through active participation in many technical societies and advisory boards; and through innovative leadership in design-tocost principles"; and, from the Vertical Flight Society, the Dr.
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, and son, Edward Woll Jr. (Cambridge, MA)
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