Jean Alfred Roché
Jean Alfred Roché was an airplane engineer who worked for Huntington Aircraft (1915), Polson Iron Works, Toronto (1915–16), Sci. Airplane Co., New York (1916), American Aircraft Company (1916) Standard Aero Corporation (1916–1917) and then the U.S. Air Service.[1]
Invented airplane having inherent stability; new type airplane wing fitting; new type landing gear; new type gun mount; responsible for design of Huntington Airplane, M.F.P. Steel Plane, Standard J-I, J-H, U. S. A., C-I, U. S. X. B-I-A (all well known airplanes). Author of two articles on Airplane Wing Selection and on Fuselage Stress Analysis, published in Aerial Age, and about fifteen reports on airplane design, aerodynamics and stress analysis distbd by Publication Dept of Air Service. In Charge of exptl airplane dsign during War.[1]
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| Names | Jean Alfred Roché |
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| Countries | FR, US |
| Locations | Royan, Charente-Inférieure, Dayton, Montgomery county, Ohio, Toronto, OH |
| Occupations | airplane maker, engineer |
| Tech areas | Airplane, Aerodynamics, Landing, Military |
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| Affiliations | Huntington Airplane, U.S. Air Service |
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| Birth date | 1894-08-12 |
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