Jerome Clarke Hunsaker

About

Aeronautical engineer who helped the U.S. create some of its earliest lighter-than-air ships. He was also the president of Goodyear Zeppelin Company and received important awards from both the Franklin Institute and the Smithsonian Institute for his revolutionary work.

Before Fame

Developing an interest in flight from his college days, he spent several years studying the progress of aeronautics in Europe, before returning to teach it in the U.S.

Trivia

He bult the first wind tunnel, at MIT, made some of the earliest planes capable of transatlantic flight, and supervised construction of lighter-than-air craft.

Family Life

He was born in Creston, Iowa.

Associated With

Among his many contributions to the development of flight in America, he translated Gustave Eiffel's works on aerodynamics.