Paul MacCready
Paul Beattie MacCready Jr. was an American aeronautical engineer. He was the founder of AeroVironment and the designer of the human-powered aircraft that won the first Kremer prize.
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- Born in
- New Haven
- Educated at
- California Institute of TechnologyHopkins SchoolYale University
- Awards
- 🏆 Lilienthal Gliding Medal🏆 Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry🏆 National Aviation Hall of Fame🏆 Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science🏆 National Inventors Hall of Fame
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Homer Joseph Stewart
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1925
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Birth2007
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