Robert Thomas Jones (engineer)

Robert Thomas Jones
Robert Thomas Jones
Born	28 May 1910
Died	11 August 1999 (aged 89); Los Altos Hills
Occupation	Flight engineer, engineer
Employer	NASA ;
Awards	Ludwig Prandtl Ring (1978); Langley Gold Medal (1981); Fluid Dynamics Prize (1986); NAS Award in Aeronautical Engineering (For his major contributions to aeronautics, including his supersonic area rule, discovery of the value of wing sweep in attaining supersonic flight, and application of the Heaviside Calculus to flight dynamics., 1990) ;

Robert T. Jones, (May 28, 1910 – August 11, 1999), was an American aerodynamicist and aeronautical engineer for NACA and later NASA.^[1] He was known at NASA as "one of the premier aeronautical engineers of the twentieth century".^[2]

^ Vincenti, Walter G. (1 January 2005). "Robert T. Jones, One of a Kind". Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics. 37 (1): 1–21. Bibcode:2005AnRFM..37....1V. doi:10.1146/annurev.fluid.36.050802.122008. ISSN 0066-4189. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
^ Merlin, Peter (March 3, 2005). "NASA Celebrates 90 Years Of Aeronautics Excellence". www.nasa.gov. NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. Retrieved 22 February 2023.

[Vincenti-1] Vincenti, Walter G. (1 January 2005). "Robert T. Jones, One of a Kind". Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics. 37 (1): 1–21. Bibcode:2005AnRFM..37....1V. doi:10.1146/annurev.fluid.36.050802.122008. ISSN 0066-4189. Retrieved 22 February 2023.

[Merlin-2] Merlin, Peter (March 3, 2005). "NASA Celebrates 90 Years Of Aeronautics Excellence". www.nasa.gov. NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. Retrieved 22 February 2023.

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Robert Thomas Jones (engineer)

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