
Burnelli, Vincent Justus
Born: November 22, 1895,
Temple Texas
Died: June 21, 1964, Long Island, New
York
Education: St.
Peters College, New Jersey
Career:
- Designer A.B.C. Exhibition Co, New York City,
1914
- Assistant Technical Editor of Aircraft Magazine
1915-1916
- Chief Designer, International Aircraft Co.,
Washington, D.C., 1916
- Chief Engineer and superintendent, Continental
Aircraft Co., Amityville, L.I. New York, 1917
- Chief Engineer & Factory Superintendent,
Lawson Aircraft Co., Green Bay and Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1918
- Chief Engineer, Superintendent, Nebraska Aircraft
Co., Lincoln, Nebraska, 1920
- Organized Remington-Burnelli Co.,
1921
- Vice President, Chapman-Burnelli,
1926
- Vice President and General Manager,
Uppercu-Burnelli Aircraft Corp., 1929
- Vice President, General Manager, Burnelli
Aircraft Corp., 1935
- Consultant, Cunliffe Owen Aircraft Corp.,
England, 1938
- Consulting Engineer, Higgins Aircraft Corp., New
Orleans, 1940
- Consulting Engineer, Canadian Car & Foundry,
Montreal, 1941
- President, Central Aircraft Corporation,
1940
- Chairman, The Burnelli Company, 1961
Inventions:
- 92 U.S. & foreign patents, including:
- Conceived of and reduced to practice:
- the lifting body principle of design, (1921
RB-1)
- the breakaway leading edge in combination with
high-lift flaps (1929 GX-3)
- the end-plating of the wing-tips (now called
winglets) (1929 GX-3)
- built first multi-engine aircraft with
retractable landing gear (1927 CB-16)
- reduced to practice the use of flat metal
stressed-skin construction in the first American aircraft so
designed (1930 UB-20)
Awards:
- 1944 Fawcett Honor Award for his "Major
Contribution to the Scientific Advancement of
Aviation"
Memberships:
- Early Birds
- Quiet Birdmen
- Associate Fellow, Institute of Aeronautical
Science
- National Aviation Association
- Chamber of Commerce
- Engineers (NYC)
- Royal Aero Society (London,
England)
Articles:
- Misc. Articles to technical
magazines.
Pilot record:
- Glider Pilot, Staten Island, New York,
1915
- Powered Aircraft Pilot, Lincoln, Nebraska,
1919
Military record:
- Lt. (jg) Volunteer Naval Reserve,
1916
Sources:
- Who's Who in World Aviation,
1957
- Who's Who in Aviation 1942-1943
- The Burnelli Company, Inc.
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