THE BUREAU OF NAVAL WEAPONS HYDROFOIL SEAPLANE

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Naval Engineers JournalVolume 75, Issue 2 p. 449-452 THE BUREAU OF NAVAL WEAPONS HYDROFOIL SEAPLANE EUGENE HANDLER, EUGENE HANDLER The author is the Bureau of Naval Weapons aircraft hydrodynamics engineer. He is responsible for the Bureau's support of Navy water-based aircraft programs and the associated research studies and full scale evaluations of hydro-skis, hydrofoil and hull configurations, amphibious helicopters and air-towed water-borne vehicles. In 1942, Mr. Handler received a Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship to the Graduate School of Applied Mathematics of Brown University. In 1943, he was assigned by the National Defense Research Committee to the David Taylor Model Basin where he participated in research concerning the underwater trajectories of air-dropped depth charges. Following service in the Eighth and Far Eastern Air Forces, he returned to Brown, and received a Masters' degree in Engineering in 1949. Mr. Handler was employed at the Glenn L. Martin Company for several years, primarily with towing tank tests of patrol seaplanes and the P6M mine layer. He left the Martin Company for the Bureau of Aeronautics in 1954.Search for more papers by this author EUGENE HANDLER, EUGENE HANDLER The author is the Bureau of Naval Weapons aircraft hydrodynamics engineer. He is responsible for the Bureau's support of Navy water-based aircraft programs and the associated research studies and full scale evaluations of hydro-skis, hydrofoil and hull configurations, amphibious helicopters and air-towed water-borne vehicles. In 1942, Mr. Handler received a Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship to the Graduate School of Applied Mathematics of Brown University. In 1943, he was assigned by the National Defense Research Committee to the David Taylor Model Basin where he participated in research concerning the underwater trajectories of air-dropped depth charges. Following service in the Eighth and Far Eastern Air Forces, he returned to Brown, and received a Masters' degree in Engineering in 1949. Mr. Handler was employed at the Glenn L. Martin Company for several years, primarily with towing tank tests of patrol seaplanes and the P6M mine layer. He left the Martin Company for the Bureau of Aeronautics in 1954.Search for more papers by this author First published: May 1963 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-3584.1963.tb04886.xCitations: 1 AboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume75, Issue2May 1963Pages 449-452 RelatedInformation