George Wolfe Brady papers 1910-1976
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Brady, George Wolfe
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George Wolfe Brady was born in Muncie, Indiana in 1903. He graduated from Yale University in 1925 and earned a Masters degree in Aeronautical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He worked a few years for Chance-Vought Aircraft and then 30 years for Curtiss-Wright Aircraft including World War II. He served as chief engineer of the propeller division helping to design the reverse pitch propeller, jet engines, and turbo-props. After the war Mr. Brady worked with D...
Curtiss-Wright Corporation
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On June 26, 1929, the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company merged with the Wright Aeronautical Corporation to form the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. After this merger, the former Wright organization took over all of the engine and propeller manufacturing, while Curtiss concentrated on airplanes. This merger was completed by organizing two major divisions under their original names, but under the direction of a corporate headquarters located in New York City. However, the election of fo...
Institute for Defense Analyses
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The simulation of this tank-on-tank engagement from the 1991 war against Iraq was run by the Institute for Defense Analyses and DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency). The product was a learning tool for current and future soldier training, as well as historical analysis. It became a model for further work in the same genre. From the description of The Battle of 73 Easting, Gulf War : papers concerning the simulation project, 1991-1993. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 7...
