John Stack (engineer)

John Stack
Born	1906 Lowell, Massachusetts
Died	1972
Citizenship	American
Education	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Engineering career
Discipline	aerospace engineer
Institutions	Langley Research Center
Practice name	Compressibility Research Division
Employer(s)	Republic Aviation
Projects	X-1
Awards	Collier trophy

John Stack (1906–1972) was an aerospace engineer. He won the Collier trophy, in 1947^[1] and 1951.^[2]

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.^[3]

"Let's try the damn thing and see if we can make it work."

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

References

1. "Collier 1940-1949 Recipients - NAA: National Aeronautic Association". naa.aero. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
2. "Collier 1950-1959 Recipients - NAA: National Aeronautic Association". naa.aero. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
3. John David Anderson (1998). A History of Aerodynamics: And Its Impact on Flying Machines. Cambridge University Press. pp. 394–. ISBN 978-0-521-66955-9.

External links

• "John Stack - NasaCRgis". crgis.ndc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
• John D. Anderson, Jr. "Research in Supersonic Flight and the Breaking of the Sound Barrier". history.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
• "ch10". history.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2015-10-28.