AIAA Fellow Widmer Died In June

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Robert H. Widmer died on 20 June, at the age of 95. He led the design and development of major aircraft such as the F-111 "Aardvark" and the F-16 "Fighting Falcon," as well as the Tomahawk cruise missile. Attending Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, he built a small racing biplane as his thesis project and was named the outstanding aeronautical engineer in his class. Mr. Widmer also earned a master's degree at the California Institute of Technology.