Pazmany Aircraft Corporation / Rohr / Vertifan Systems / Ames / General Dynamics / Oshkosh / /
Continent
America / /
Country
Sri Lanka / Thailand / Indonesia / France / Pakistan / United States / Soviet Union / Vietnam / Korea / United Kingdom / Argentina / Iraq / /
Event
Company Expansion / /
Facility
San Diego State University / American Institute of Aeronautics / University of California / /
IndustryTerm
aerospace defense contracts / recent applications / online resource / aerospace and overall military development / e - commerce / low gas usage / space applications / /
NaturalFeature
English Channel / /
Organization
US Air Force / San Diego State University / Department of Defense Engineering Coming / UCSD / University of California at San Diego / National Aeronautics Space Administration / Local Chapter in San Diego / American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics / Experimental Aircraft Association / Spirit of St. Louis / National Aeronautics and Space Administration / /
Person
Peter Lissaman / Convair / August Raspet / Mechanism / Paul MacCready / Ladislao Pazmany / /
Position
General / head designer / contractor / Teacher / lecturer / University Lecturer / /
Above: The first photo (left), an old and rare sepia tone print taken around 1929, shows a very young Ladislao, then only five years old with his first of many model planes, when he probably “knew” that his life would be one of aviation. Photos to the right chronicle a personal journey over a half century of modern aviation –