Adolf Busemann

Adolf Busemann
Adolf Busemann at Langley
Born	(1901-04-20)20 April 1901 Lübeck, Germany
Died	3 November 1986(1986-11-03) (aged 85) Boulder, Colorado
Nationality	German
Alma mater	Technical University of Braunschweig
Awards	Ludwig Prandtl Ring (1966)
Scientific career
Fields	Aerospace engineering
Institutions	University of Colorado at Boulder
Doctoral advisor	Otto Föppl
Doctoral students	Nguyễn Xuân Vinh

Adolf Busemann (20 April 1901 – 3 November 1986) was a German aerospace engineer and influential Nazi-era pioneer in aerodynamics, specialising in supersonic airflows.^[1] He introduced the concept of swept wings and, after emigrating in 1947 to the United States under Operation Paperclip, invented the shockwave-free supersonic Busemann biplane.