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Wall of Honor Level:
Air and Space Friend

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Mr. Snyder got his Master's degree in Aero-Space from Virginia Tech and commenced his career at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley in 1961. He was involved in numerous hypersonic studies including the Apollo reentry vehicle.

Mr. Snyder took a position with Boeing-Seattle in 1966 where he initiated design work on a Mach 6 hydrogen fuelled transport that would enter service in 2000. His design was wind tunnel tested at Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) and the results showed a level of Mn X lift/drag that has never been equaled at any speed.

He relocated to McDonnell-Douglas - St. Louis to design their (losing) Space Shuttle concept. He then worked in their Advanced Concepts group where he managed several Air Force sponsored studies of hypersonic aircraft. During this time Mr. Snyder designed two extremely innovative concepts, a Caret' wing and a Parasol wing. The Parasol wing concept was extensively studied including a comprehensive wind tunnel program at AEDC.

He returned to Government service in 1978 and while serving as Program Manager for numerous Navy efforts, he was asked to help support the National AeroSpace Plane Joint Project Office (JPO) located at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, OH. During his tenure Mr. Snyder was responsible for hypersonic, high enthalpy facilities and their use in Scramjet development. One of these located at NASA-Ames was the first to measure positive net Scramjet thrust at Mach 10.

After returning to Navair in Washington, Mr. Snyder has been involved in numerous studies dealing with Time Critical Strike. As a result of this effort he helped establish with NASA a program (Revolutionary Turbine Accelerator) to develop a Mach 5 turbine engine for missile applications.