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Henri Coandă, Romanian engineer, designed the Coandă-1910 (died 1972)
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Henri Coandă
Romanian inventor (1886–1972)
Henri Marie Coandă was a Romanian inventor, aerodynamics pioneer, and builder of an experimental aircraft, the Coandă-1910, which never flew. He invented a great number of devices, designed a "flying saucer" and discovered the Coandă effect of fluid dynamics.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Coandă-1910
Aircraft
The Coandă-1910, designed by Romanian inventor Henri Coandă, was an unconventional sesquiplane aircraft powered by a ducted fan. Called the "turbo-propulseur" by Coandă, its experimental engine consisted of a conventional piston engine driving a multi-bladed centrifugal blower…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)