Robert H. Widmer, one of America’s greatest military aircraft designers, has passed-away. His credits included the B-58 Hustler, the first supersonic, high-altitude bomber; the F-111, the first swing-wing supersonic attack aircraft; the F-16; it rewrote fighter design; and the cruise missile. And that is only what we in the public know about. Given Widmer’s deep black background and his irreplaceably rampant creativity, no doubt he worked on projects that we still haven’t seen or likely ever see. There’s more about this great engineer at
Robert H. Widmer, Designer of Military Aircraft, Dies at 95.