In Memoriam
David E. Dunlap, Chief Engineer of Douglas Aircraft's Tulsa Division, died April 28, 1957 in a Tulsa hospital of complications following surgery. He was 61 years of age.
A native of Philadelphia, he made his first glider flights at Swarthmore College in 1911. From those early days until his passing. Dave was engaged in aviation engineering. He was with the Curtiss enginering department when the famous "Jenny" flew for the first time in 1914. By 1916 he was Assistant Chief Engineer for Gallaudet Aircraft Corporation, forerunner of Consolidated-Vultee, and later he joined the firm of G. Elias and Brothers. Among other things he won five design prizes with aircraft for the Army, Marine Corps and for mail service. He designed or helped design many "firsts" in flying equipment including the first metal- structured two-engine bomber.
Following ten years with Johnson Aircraft Corp. as Vice President in Charge of Engineering, he joined Douglas Aircraft Company's engineering staff in 1936, and when the company's Tulsa Division was activated in 1941 he was named Engineering Manager. He became Chief Engineer in 1951 and remained in that position until his recent passing.
From The Early Birds of Aviation CHIRP
Jun 1957, #57
David E. Dunlap, Chief Engineer of Douglas Aircraft's Tulsa Division, died April 28, 1957 in a Tulsa hospital of complications following surgery. He was 61 years of age.
A native of Philadelphia, he made his first glider flights at Swarthmore College in 1911. From those early days until his passing. Dave was engaged in aviation engineering. He was with the Curtiss enginering department when the famous "Jenny" flew for the first time in 1914. By 1916 he was Assistant Chief Engineer for Gallaudet Aircraft Corporation, forerunner of Consolidated-Vultee, and later he joined the firm of G. Elias and Brothers. Among other things he won five design prizes with aircraft for the Army, Marine Corps and for mail service. He designed or helped design many "firsts" in flying equipment including the first metal- structured two-engine bomber.
Following ten years with Johnson Aircraft Corp. as Vice President in Charge of Engineering, he joined Douglas Aircraft Company's engineering staff in 1936, and when the company's Tulsa Division was activated in 1941 he was named Engineering Manager. He became Chief Engineer in 1951 and remained in that position until his recent passing.
From The Early Birds of Aviation CHIRP
Jun 1957, #57
In Memoriam
David E. Dunlap, Chief Engineer of Douglas Aircraft's Tulsa Division, died April 28, 1957 in a Tulsa hospital of complications following surgery. He was 61 years of age.
A native of Philadelphia, he made his first glider flights at Swarthmore College in 1911. From those early days until his passing. Dave was engaged in aviation engineering. He was with the Curtiss enginering department when the famous "Jenny" flew for the first time in 1914. By 1916 he was Assistant Chief Engineer for Gallaudet Aircraft Corporation, forerunner of Consolidated-Vultee, and later he joined the firm of G. Elias and Brothers. Among other things he won five design prizes with aircraft for the Army, Marine Corps and for mail service. He designed or helped design many "firsts" in flying equipment including the first metal- structured two-engine bomber.
Following ten years with Johnson Aircraft Corp. as Vice President in Charge of Engineering, he joined Douglas Aircraft Company's engineering staff in 1936, and when the company's Tulsa Division was activated in 1941 he was named Engineering Manager. He became Chief Engineer in 1951 and remained in that position until his recent passing.
From The Early Birds of Aviation CHIRP
Jun 1957, #57
David E. Dunlap, Chief Engineer of Douglas Aircraft's Tulsa Division, died April 28, 1957 in a Tulsa hospital of complications following surgery. He was 61 years of age.
A native of Philadelphia, he made his first glider flights at Swarthmore College in 1911. From those early days until his passing. Dave was engaged in aviation engineering. He was with the Curtiss enginering department when the famous "Jenny" flew for the first time in 1914. By 1916 he was Assistant Chief Engineer for Gallaudet Aircraft Corporation, forerunner of Consolidated-Vultee, and later he joined the firm of G. Elias and Brothers. Among other things he won five design prizes with aircraft for the Army, Marine Corps and for mail service. He designed or helped design many "firsts" in flying equipment including the first metal- structured two-engine bomber.
Following ten years with Johnson Aircraft Corp. as Vice President in Charge of Engineering, he joined Douglas Aircraft Company's engineering staff in 1936, and when the company's Tulsa Division was activated in 1941 he was named Engineering Manager. He became Chief Engineer in 1951 and remained in that position until his recent passing.
From The Early Birds of Aviation CHIRP
Jun 1957, #57
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