Frederick Walker Baldwin
Nickname: "Casey" Baldwin
Birthdate: January 2, 1882
Birth Place: Toronto, Ontario
Year Inducted: 1973
Death Date: August 7, 1948
"The dedication of his engineering talents to the development of manned
flight was a prime factor in the birth of the North American aviation
industry and has proven to be of outstanding benefit to Canadian
aviation."
Frederick Baldwin completed his Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
course at the University of Toronto in 1906. He was a founding member
of the Aerial Experiment Association in 1907 along with Alexander
Graham Bell, J.A.D. McCurdy and two Americans.
Baldwin worked on the construction and design of their company's first
aircraft like the Red Wing, the Baddeck 1 and Baddeck 2. He later
focused his attention on the study of hydrofoils (the principle he applied was
later christened KC-B after his nickname "Casey") and developed devices
used in naval and aerial warfare. Baldwin also foresaw high altitude
travel and the subsequent requirement for pressurized cabins.
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