Orville A. Wheelon

Orville Albert Wheelon (June 12, 1906 – February 9, 1966) was an aeronautical engineer who invented the Verson-Wheelon process for aircraft sheet-metal forming^[1] and who was one of the first to use titanium in modern aircraft construction.^[2] The latter work earned him the Wright Brothers Medal in 1951.

References

1. ^ Lascoe, O.D. (1988) Handbook of fabrication processes, ASM International.
2. ^ Taubman, P. (2003) Secret empire: Eisenhower, the CIA, and the hidden story of America's space espionage, Simon and Schuster.

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Name	Wheelon, Orville A.
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Date of birth	June 12, 1906
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Date of death	February 9, 1966
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