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broke out, and after being rejected from military service because of his broken ankles and flat feet, he became head of the
Department of Theory of Flight, School of Military Aeronautics at the University of California. Later he became Chief Engineer at the U.S. Aircraft Corporation and remained to
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of its wings during flight for shorter takeoffs, increased flight speed, and slower landing speeds according to the designer in its debut at the
National Air races in Chicago. In addition to the wing design, he also placed the landing gears not under the fuselage but outwards under the wings.
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