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Word: gerardus (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Died. Gerardus Post Herrick, 83, research engineer, inventor of the convertiplane, an aircraft (successfully tested in 1937) able to take off and land like an autogyro, convert in the air to normal high-speed flight, ancestor of current U.S. military experimental convertiplanes; in Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Sep. 19, 1955 | 9/19/1955 | See Source »

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