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词条 Bob Kress
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Bob Kress (1929–2007) was the engineering manager for the Grumman F-14 Tomcat. He joined Grumman in 1951.

He worked on the

  • F9F Cougar
  • XF10F Jaguar swing wing experimental fighter
  • F11F-1 Tiger
  • proposed STOL ASW flying boats
  • OV-1 Mohawk Observation Aircraft
  • design of STOL and VTOL aircraft
  • F-111B TFX
  • LM Systems Simulation for the lunar module
  • LM Guidance Navigation and Control.
  • From the F-14A's inception until 1971, he was the program's engineering manager, after which he was appointed F-14 deputy development program manager.

He can be seen describing the development of the now-retired F-14 into a maneuvering dogfighter on Modern Marvels: F14 DVD, and [https://web.archive.org/web/20060612230320/http://flightjournal.com/articles/f14f18/f14f18_1.asp F-14D Tomcat vs. F/A18 E/F Super Hornet Two experts say the Super Hornet isn't so super By Bob Kress and Rear Adm. Paul Gillcrist, U.S. Navy (Ret.)] He is credited with the idea of a computer controlled wing sweep mechanism that could be used in combat maneuvering.

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4 : 1928 births|2007 deaths|American aerospace engineers|20th-century American engineers

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