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Rob Ransone, an aeronautical engineer from Texas A&M, flight tested some unusual aircraft as a project flight test engineer during his eleven years at the Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards AFB, California, and later as Development Engineer, VSTOL Technology for American Airlines in New York City.
As a commissioned officer at Edwards he flew 106 hours of performance and stability & control flight tests of the YB-58A Mach 2 bomber, and tested the Tri-Service VSTOL performance, and stability & control flight tests of the
XC-142A Tilt-Wing VSTOL transport and the X-19 Tilt Propeller VTOL aircraft. In 1964 he was the flight test representative on a 13-person Department of Defense team that evaluated the Federal Republic of Germany’s ability to develop VSTOL aircraft. At Edwards he received three outstanding Officer Effectiveness Reports and a civilian Sustained Superior Performance recognition.
He left the Flight Test Center in 1968 to study VTOL and VSTOL aircraft for American Airlines in New York City as a means of relieving air traffic congestion in the Northeast Corridor. For American Airlines he evaluated several STOL aircraft concepts, and tested the French Breguet 941/MacDonnell MDC-188 STOL transport in simulated passenger routes. He defined STOL field length criteria, defined comprehensive STOL Airlines System Requirements, and evaluated the feasibility of a floating STOLport in the Hudson River to serve Manhattan Island. His work with a citizens protest group was documented in the display Confrontation of Technology with Society at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. His Society of Automotive Engineers paper, Chelsea STOLport - The Airline View, documenting the floating STOLport controversy, was published in the prestigious SAE Transactions For 1976 for its “high quality, lasting value, and contribution to the art.” Only 10% of SAE papers presented each year are awarded that honor.
Mr. Ransone is an Associate Fellow and Lifetime Member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and a Lifetime Member of the Flight Test Historical Society. He lives in Virginia, is happily married to the former Paula McBride for more than 50 years, and has two grown children.
More Than an Engineer Rob Ransone eBook
Ransone has penned an amazing history of his professional and personal life. It is obvious he did his homework before going to the keyboard . As 2Lts we spent spent USAF careers together with both flying to Mach 2 in the B-58. I admired his engineering expertise as experienced and now through his book. I strongly recommend this book.Product details
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More Than an Engineer Rob Ransone eBook Reviews
Excellent- technical subjects , described in layman's terms.
very well written and very human look at both the challenges of leading edge technologies. As a retired engineer I could really relate to the carreer choice problems.
Very well written and interesting vignettes of 60s leading edge aircraft, especially the B-58, and a variety of helicopters and VTOL experimental aircraft.
“Six munce ugo I culdnt even spel inginear an now I are one” In the late 1940s when my own career was starting to form, a cartoon of a gawky youngster with the above caption was circulating on college campuses. It got lots of laughs and it spread in multiple versions, almost as if there had been an internet.
Engineers win a fair share of this culture's razzing and roasting, In contrast Rob Ransone, in his latest book More than an Engineer lays claim to a place above the upper fringe of the profession. The claim is well supported throughout the book.
Graduating from Texas A&M with a degree in aeronautical engineering, he was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the USAF Reserve and reported for duty at Edwards Air Force Base. He rapidly distinguished himself, earning a comment that his grasp was about the equal of that of a typical lieutenant Colonel.
The B-58 bomber was not only a new design; it was entering a new and unpredictable environment. 700 mph at 30,000 feet is well studied, but you can't get from there to 1400 mph at 60,000 feet by doubling things, Rob designed and carried out an exhaustive range of tests what happens if this, that, or the other thing fails, and always at the most inopportune moment?
Test Pilots earn hero-worship for putting their lives on the line in bug-prone new aircraft—too seldom do we notice that they rarely fly alone. A Flight Engineer may do his duty keeping performance records or, by quick thinking, may save the flight from disaster, By even quicker, more complex thinking he may force cancellation of a doomed flight or even of an internationally-linked aircraft design. In the latter case, Rob worked with the engineers at Wright-Patterson AFB to define safe flight specifications for a US/West German VTOL fighter, knowing full well that the concept could not meet those safety specifications— this resulted in cancellation of the project. Much hinges on the makeup, mettle and merit of the man. Rob keeps you on the edge of your chair with snapshots from his history- changing career.
In time he and wife Paula grew weary of desert living, There were fresh challenges on the frontiers of aviation. Some air corridors of the world, notable the eastern seaboard of the United States, were so congested that travel demands could not be met. Local Governments will not raze several suburban square miles to build another airport, so a new mode of travel must be invented.
Rob studied the field of aircraft that can operate out of facilities measured in acres rather than square miles, yet capable of servicing long routes, as helicopters cannot. They are named variously VTOL (Vertical Takeoff and Landing) STOL (Short Takeoff and Landing) and VSTOL (Vertical and Short Takeoff and Landing), aircraft. Operating space might more readily be found close to urban centers, even floating platforms in harbors.
Long story short, in an employment interview at American Airlines he made a colossal impression. On his first day on the job Frank Kolk, Vice President for Development. Engineering, summed up his carte-blanche instructions thus, "I want American Airlines to be the leader in STOL and VSTOL technology among the airlines. I want you to figure out what your job is and 1 want you to let me know what you are doing."
What would you do with a commission like that? Fun to dream, isn't it. Rob gave it his all Ultimately, the socio-political problems proved to outweigh technology and the project was scrapped. But Rob’s work with the citizens group that opposed the project emphasized that engineers should consider the economic, environmental, and sociopolitical aspects of their technology implementation, as well as the technical and operational aspects. This is why his book is titled More Than An Engineer.
Incidentally, Rob’s work with the citizens group was included in an exhibit of Confrontation of Technology with Society at the new Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.
Rob is certainly not above tooting his own horn, which isn't really bad as he has done plenty to earn it. There are a lot of good lessons learned in there for sure but he often has odd tangents talking about what places he ate to the history of French wine. I think it was to keep the book from getting dry (pun intended) but often detracted from the point. There was a lot of overlap with "Flight Testing at Edwards Flight Test Engineers' Stories 1946-1975" and in the end, I would recommend reading that book instead.
I enjoyed reading about the author's career; very informative.
Enjoyable read that covers some interesting aircraft during a period of exceptionally prolific experimentation.
Ransone has penned an amazing history of his professional and personal life. It is obvious he did his homework before going to the keyboard . As 2Lts we spent spent USAF careers together with both flying to Mach 2 in the B-58. I admired his engineering expertise as experienced and now through his book. I strongly recommend this book.
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