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Dr. Barnes McCormick is a Boeing Professor Emeritus in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Pennsylvania State University. Dr. McCormick developed Groen Brothers Aviation's computer model for analyzing autorotative flight data to maximize the efficiency of gyroplane rotor blades. Dr. McCormick is well known in the field of vertical flight and has worked as Chief of Aerodynamics at the Vertol Corporation a division of Boeing. Throughout his career he has accomplished many notable achievements including being named the nation's "Outstanding Educator in Aerospace Engineering" by the American Institute of Aeronautics. In addition he authored a seminal text on aerodynamics aeronautics and flight mechanics and has written two other books on flight and aircraft accident reconstruction. Dr. McCormick is also a former Director of the American Helicopter Society. | 