Muriel Barker in sepia B&W head and shoulders photo

Muriel Barker (Mrs Glauert) #mathematician & #aerodynamicist @ Royal Aircraft Establishment #Farnborough. Studied @newnhamcollege.bsky.social then worked on velocity, made significant contributions to early advances in #aerodynamics #WomenInSTEM d. #OTD 23 Dec 1949 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muriel_...

Gwen Alston in B&W photo with a sharp 1920s fringed bob

Gwen Alston (née Hannah Gwendolen Shone) #aerodynamicist & #educationalist. #WWII worked on spinning tunnels & aircraft flight-testing & later in flight education & as HM Inspector. Her test pilot Winkle Brown called her "a truly remarkable lady boffin" d 14 Jul 1993 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_Al...

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Is there an #aerodynamicist out there who might know if the rings of air an air vortex cannon create could be used to deliver very fine #glitter to a target at distance? Like smoke rings, just carrying the tiniest glitter one can get rather than smoke particles […]

Gwen Alston in B&W headshot photo. 1920s sharp bob, looking directly at camera

Gwen Alston #aerodynamicist & #educationalist worked on spinning tunnels & aircraft flight-testing in #WWII & later in flight education & as HM Inspector. Her test pilot Eric 'Winkle' Brown called her "a truly remarkable lady boffin". b 22 May 1907 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_Al... #WomenInSTEM

Muriel Barker (Mrs Glauert) in sepia head & shoulders photo

Muriel Barker (Mrs Glauert) #mathematician & #aerodynamicist @ Royal Aircraft Establishment #Farnborough. Studied @newnhamcollege.bsky.social then worked on velocity, made significant contributions to early advances in #aerodynamics b. #OTD 7 May 1892 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muriel_... #WomenInSTEM

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#USA student cracks 100-year-old math problem to unlock #WindTurbines’ true power:
Divya Tyagi, an #aerospace engineering graduate student created amendment to British #aerodynamicist #HermannGlauert’s optimum rotor disk solution.
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