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Wall of Honor Level:
Air and Space Friend

Honored by:
Mr. Harold Lemont

HAROLD E. LEMONT, 117 West Church Street, Seymour, Connecticut

PERSONAL
- Born March 7, 1920 in the United States
- Professional Engineer, License no. MF003227, California

EDUCATION
- Graduated from Rhode Island State College (now University of Rhode Island) in 1942 with a B.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering (Aero Option)
- Graduate courses:
-- Theory of Vibrations, Brown University, 1943
-- Theory of Plates & Shells, New York University, 1942

PUBLICATIONS
Government Reports and Proposals:
- Agricultural Helicopters - NACA
- Deicing Studies - Army
- Wrote and/or participated in 250+ proposals
Articles:
- American Helicopter Society Forums:
-- Ringfin Augmentation Effects
-- Design for the Operating Environment
-- Agricultural Helicopters
- Aviation Magazine.
-- April 1945, "High Speed Helicopters"
- Navy Forum: "Ring Propulsion System"

BRIEFINGS: Hundreds to Government and other personnel

FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC PATENTS: 80+ with many other ideas in various fields for design integration.

AIRCRAFT DESIGNS:
1942-1943 Sikorsky Aircraft -- Stress Analysis
1943-1945 Gazda Helicospeeder - Designed and flew aircraft now in Hiller Museum in California
1946-1948 Helicopter Engineer and Construction Corporation (President, Chief Engineer and Owner) -- Designed, built, and flew a one-place helicopter.
1951-1954 Jacobs Aircraft Engine -- Model 104, High Speed Helicopter; Designed, constructed, and supervised total program and Air Force contract for a blade development.
1973 -1982 Bell Helicopter -- LHX Predesigns Investigation. Advanced scout helicopter designs for LOH and LHX.

POSITIONS HELD:
1980-present President - Lemont Aircraft Corporation and Lemont Maritime LLC
1982-1988 Senior Designer - Sikorsky Aircraft
1973-1982 Senior Designer - Bell Helicopter Corporation
1969-1973 Chief of Research and HLH Principal Investigator - Hughes Helicopters
1961-1969 Manager, Research Department and High Speed Rotors; Corporate Headquarters Project; Member of Corporate Engineering Advisory Board - Fairchild Hiller Corp.
1959-1961 Senior Designer - Supervised design and construction of Eagle Missile (1st and 2nd stages) propulsion system - Aerojet General
1957-1959 Rotor Designer - Preliminary and final design for Kaman HU2K and H-43B - Kaman Aircraft
1951-1954 Chief Engineer - Made all basic layouts for Jacobs 104, first one-piece extruded blade - Jacobs Aircraft Engine Company
1948-1951 and 1954-1957 Assistant Rotor Group Head and Engineer In charge of Special Projects - Piasecki Helicopter/Vertol

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Basic Helicopter Design - All disciplines and all components excluding advanced electronics

SPECIALTIES:
Aerodynamics, Stress Analysis, Design, Dynamic Analysis, Weights, Materials (Composites, Metals Fatigue Analysis, Tests, etc.), Rotors, Fans, Safety for T/R Impacts, Wind Test, Aircraft Test (Flight and Ground), Sound Reduction Methodology and Design, Agricultural Helicopter Design, Deicing, Aircraft Research and Development plus many others. Hydraulics, Wind Tunnel and Whirl Tower Design, etc. Advanced fan designs, ring and TM cycloprop
150+ patents