Fred Weick

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1899 – 1993

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Who was Fred Weick?

Fred Ernest Weick was one of the United States' earliest aviation pioneers, working as an airmail pilot, research engineer, and aircraft designer. A contemporary of aviation legends Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart, he did not receive the same attention as his more glamorous colleagues, yet his contribution to the United States' struggling aircraft industry was "in the league of the Wright Brothers".

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Born
1899
Berwyn
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Died
Jul 8, 1993
Vero Beach

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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