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Von Karman was a flight ahead
Smithsonian profile of Theodore von Karman outlines six decades shaping aeronautics and astronautics from the Wright brothers to John Glenn. Born 1881 in Budapest, he modernized aerodynamics through the Karman Vortex Street, directed Caltech GALCIT, advised U.S. military leaders, and propelled jet and rocket技 advances. The piece notes 100th birth anniversary ceremonies and his influence on the space program.
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Rita C. Borowski
Smithsonian News Service
Theodore von Karman
Wright Brothers
John Glenn
von Karman
America
Aeronautical Institute
Aachen
West Germany
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Long Beach
Calif
Washington
D.C
California Institute of Technolgy
Pasadena
Aeronautical School
Budapest
Hungary
Theodore
Royal Joseph University
Gottingen University
Germany
Paris
Henri Karman
Gottingen
Aeronautical Laboratory
Karman
International Aeronautical
State of Washington
Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Puget Sound
University of Washington
Technical Institute
Austria-Hungary
Caltech
Calcit
Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory
Europe
United States
Galcit
Paul A. Hanle
Smithsonian
National Air and Space Museum
Hanle
Ludwig Prandt
Graduate School of Aeronautics
U.S
Army Air Corps
Air Force
U.S. Air Force