Edwin A. Link

Nothing beats experience when it comes to being a pilot, but flying can be expensive and dangerous. While working for his father at his piano and organ factory in Binghamton, New York, Edwin A. Link came up with the idea to build a mechanical device that could be used for teaching rudimentary piloting skills instead of using aerial flight training. Drawing from his expertise in air-driven pianos and pipe organs, Link used organ parts and compressed air to build the first flight simulator. During World War II, the Link Trainer, commonly called "The Blue Box," was essential in training U.S. and Allied pilots.

Far Electrograph Ultraviolet Camera
Satellite Servicing Techniques
Hydroaeroplane
Space Capsule Design
Retractable Landing Gear; Folding Wing
Rotor Control Mechanism for Rotary Aircraft
Altimeter
Link Trainer/Simulator
Ethyl Gasoline
Flying Wing plane; All-Metal High-Wing Monocoque Airplane (Vega)
Communications Satellite
Spin Stabilized Synchronous Communications Satellite
Turbo Jet
Jet Engine
Supercritical Wing
Small Fan-Jet Engine
Aircraft Propulsion System - Jet Engine