John Stack (engineer)

John Stack
Born	1906 (1906) Lowell, Massachusetts
Died	1972 (aged 65–66)
Citizenship	American
Education	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Engineering career
Discipline	aerospace engineer
Institutions	Langley Research Center
Practice name	Compressibility Research Division
Employer	Republic Aviation
Projects	X-1
Awards	Collier Trophy

John Stack (1906–1972) was an aerospace engineer. He won the Collier Trophy, in 1947 and 1951.

Life

Stack was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, and graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He worked at Langley Research Center from 1928 to 1962, and Republic Aircraft Corporation, from 1962 to 1971. He died in 1972.

He worked on transonic flight. Together with Eastman Jacobs, they made the first photographs of shock waves on a wing. He was part of the Bell X-1 team. He worked with the Variable Density Tunnel, on compressible airflow.

Works

• John Stack The Compressibility Burble, NACA-TN-543, 1935
• John Stack, Albert E Von Doenhoff, Tests of 16 related airfoils at high speed, NACA-TR-492, 1935
• John Stack, W. F. Lindsey, Tests of N-85, N-86, and N-87 Airfoil Sections in the 11-inch High-speed Wind Tunnel, NACA-TN-665, 1938
• John Stack, W. F. Lindsey, R. E. Littell, The Compressibility Burble and the Effect of Compressibility on Pressures and Forces Acting on a Airfoil, NACA-TR-646, 1939