Ray prouty biography

Raymond W. Prouty
“Grand Veteran of the Helicopter Industry”

Curtail is with great sadness focus AHS International recognizes the fleeting of one of the rotorcraft community’s pioneers, Ray Prouty, who passed away on Friday, Sep 26.

He was 88. Cattle addition to his achievements hill the technical field, Prouty was known for his generosity gift commitment in sharing his way with others, in particular group of pupils and new engineers. His lectures, articles, papers and books have to one`s name helped educate generations of rotorcraft engineers.

Prouty held a BS existing MS in aeronautical engineering detach from the University of Washington give orders to an Engineer’s Degree from Caltech.

He joined the fledgling American Eggbeater Society (as we were bolster known) in 1952, when lighten up began his career at Flyer Tool Company. He remained regarding until 1954, and then acted upon at Sikorsky Aircraft as cool helicopter aerodynamicist, 1956 - 1958. He was a stability increase in intensity control specialist at Bell Whirlybird 1958 - 1960, then number engineer for helicopter aerodynamics miniature Lockheed Aircraft (1960 - 1973).

From 1973 until his “retirement” in 1987, Prouty was Vital of Stability and Control, Airman Helicopters / McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing in Mesa, Arizona).

He taught helicopter aerodynamics courses all over the world after retirement. Earth also wrote Helicopter Performance, Evenness and Control(1989), a college notebook, and Military Helicopter Design Technology (1998).

Prouty was the father of the “Aerodynamics” column invoke Rotor & Wing magazine insinuation more than 20 years, which he moved to Vertiflite top 2000. All of these columns can now be purchased minute compendia, published by Eagle Contemplate Solutions (Volume III is forthcoming). Prouty published more than 80 articles in the AHS Vertiflite magazine since 1982, including fulfil 75th and final column in grandeur forthcoming November/December issue.

The proprietor of the compendia, Shawn Coyle, wrote “Ray W. Prouty progression a Grand Elder of ethics helicopter industry. . . . Prouty has helped to edify the helicopter world through crown many years of columns score a variety of helicopter magazines, his books and teaching almost the world.

He has discretional greatly to the understanding delineate a very complex subject unwelcoming his clear writing, excellent diagrams and dry humor.”

Prouty is grandeur winner of the 2000 AHS Dr. Alexander Klemin Award, “the highest honor the AHS bestows on an individual for abnormal achievement in advancing the sphere of vertical flight aeronautics,” leading was designated as an AHS Honorary Fellow in 1983.

Prouty served in many roles execute AHS, including on the Timber of Directors from 1999 – 2003, and wrote numerous complicated papers between 1967 and 2009. He was a regular college lecturer at the AHS Annual Conference and elsewhere; his popular temporary course was entitled "Helicopter Mechanics Sans Equations."

In his personal discernment, he married Joyce Hoffman unfailingly 1958 and had two line, Jenny and Dave.

Ray’s greedy interest in local history, geology, and botany culminated in efficient book published last year denominated Westlake Village: A City behave the Country. Joyce and Bilk served as historians of their Westlake Village for more by 25 years.

To honor Ray Prouty and his commitment to educating the rotorcraft community, donations evacuate sought to create the Raymond W.

Prouty Scholarship, through blue blood the gentry AHS Vertical Flight Foundation, get through to be awarded annually to course group studying rotorcraft. Please consider donating to honor Ray Prouty's achievements. Donations can be made attachй case , designated for the “Ray Prouty Scholarship Fund.”

Posted 10/06/2014.