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Kenneth "Ken" G. Wernicke is an American aerospace engineer. He had a leading role in the development of the tilt rotor aircraft Bell XV-3, Bell XV-15 and V-22 Osprey. ==Life and career== Ken Wernicke has a BS and MS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Kansas.〔("Hydrofoil Presentations" ) ''International Hydrofoil Society'', 16 May 2011. Accessed: 17 March 2012.〕 From 1955 to 1990 he was an engineer at Bell Helicopter,〔 and worked as a leading engineer with Bob Lichten from 1964 on the tilt rotor technology.〔Miller, Jay. ("Origin of the Species" ) ''Air & Space/Smithsonian'', July 2004. Accessed: 17 March 2012.〕〔Maisel, Martin D., Demo J. Giulianetti and Daniel C. Dugan. (NASA SP-2000-4517, "The History of the XV-15 Tilt Rotor Research Aircraft: From Concept to Flight" (PDF) ) ''NASA'', 2000. Accessed: 17 March 2012.〕〔Whittle, Richard. ("The Dream Machine: The Untold History of the Notorious V-22 Osprey" ) pp41+48. ''New York: Simon & Schuster'', 2010. ISBN 1-4165-6295-8. Retrieved: 11 August 2012.〕 Along with his twin brother Rod, (who was also a Bell engineer)his son Keith and Rod's sons Tim and Kent, he is developing a rubber tracked amphibious vehicle after the US Navy requested concepts for a scout vehicle that could travel on water at high speed and proceed with all terrain capability for reconnaissance on land.〔Hanlon, Mike. ("Killer amphibious vehicle - 39 mph on water and 55 mph on land" ) ''GizMag'', 27 February 2007. Accessed: 17 March 2012.〕〔Wernicke, Ken ("Tracks Provide Amphibians the Sole Means of Propulsion at High Speeds on the Water" ) ''International Hydrofoil Society'', 10 December 2009. Accessed: 17 March 2012.〕 He holds patents related to flying and tracks.〔("List of patents by Kenneth Wernicke" ) ''United States Patent and Trademark Office''. Accessed: 17 March 2012.〕 Ken is an advisory board member of rotorcraft company Carter Aviation Technologies.〔("Mr. Ken Wernicke Advisory Board Member" ) ''ZoomInfo'', 3 April 2012. Retrieved: 14 July 2012.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kenneth Wernicke」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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