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Narrator: Dr. Wayne Johnson is a rotorcraft

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pioneer and visionary.

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His legacy of rotorcraft research at NASA Ames

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continues to be of fundamental importance to the

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U.S. Army and to the international

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rotorcraft community.

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He was a key figure with the U.S. Army

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Aeromechanics Laboratory at Ames and with the

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Ames Aeromechanics Branch.

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During his tenure, Ames became a world leader in

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rotary wing technology.

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Over four decades his contributions spanned

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aeromechanical theory, computational codes,

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design tools, and wind tunnel and flight-testing.

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He wrote a series of detailed computer codes, most

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notably CAMRAD-Two, used for comprehensive

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analysis and N-D-A-R-C, which is used worldwide as

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the primary design tool for rotorcraft.

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He effectively devised a new area of research as a

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result of coupling computational fluid dynamics of

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rotors with their aeroelastic structural dynamics.

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One of Dr. Johnson's key contributions to tilt-rotor

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aircraft was the design of a

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wing-pylon-rotor system to avoid whirl flutter.

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This helped NASA Ames to validate the tilt rotor

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concept and enabled the success of

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the V-22 Osprey.

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Dr. Johnson received many awards from the

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U.S. Army, NASA, and aerospace

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professional societies.

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His theoretical work on the development of a

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comprehensive analysis for rotorcraft earned him

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the prestigious Ames H. Julian Allen Award.

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He is a Fellow of the American Institute of

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Aeronautics and Astronautics and won its 1986

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Pendray Aerospace Literature Award for his

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comprehensive and classic textbook

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"Helicopter Theory".

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To this day it remains widely used in industry and

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academia.

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He is a Fellow of the American Helicopter Society,

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which awarded him its highest honor, the 2010

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Alexander A. Nikolsky Honorary Lectureship for his

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distinguished career in vertical flight research.

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He infused the power of physics-based and

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comprehensive analysis to the design of rotorcraft

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like no other in his field.

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No individual in the world has made a greater impact

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on rotary wing technology than Dr. Wayne Johnson.

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He truly exemplifies what it means

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to be an Ames Fellow.

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