Heinrich, Helmut Gustav

Helmut G. Heinrich, 1910-1979, was an internationally recognized expert in aeronautical engineering and a specialist in aeronautical deceleration and supersonic parachute design. He held a B.E. (1931) in mechanical engineering from the State Engineering College, Stettin, Germany, and a B.E. (1936) in aeronautical engineering from the Technische Hochschule in Stuttgart, Germany. Professor Heinrich completed a M.E. (1938) in aeronautical engineering and a doctorate of engineering (D.Eng., 1943) also from the Technische Hochschule in Stuttgart, Germany.

Heinrich's first appointment was as project engineer and later as section chief at the Graf Zeppelin Research Institution, Stuttgart, Germany, in 1935. From 1940 to 1946 he was head of the Department of Aerodynamics at the Graf Zeppelin Research Institution. After the war, Heinrich came to the United States as part of the Department of Defense's program to recruit German scientists and reconstruct their scientific work in the U.S. Beginning with his arrival in the U.S. until 1956, Heinrich served as a technical adviser to the Parachute Branch of the Equipment Laboratory at the Wright Air Development Center, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio.

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