Eugene Michael Gluhareff

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Eugene Michael Gluhareff (April 5, 1916 – July 15, 1994)[1] was born in Petrograd (now known as St. Petersburg), Russia and moved to the United States in 1924.[citation needed] Gluhareff was an engineer, the son of of Sikorsky Aircraft. He is much acclaimed for his pioneering work on tip jets, inventor of the Gluhareff Pressure Jet and was a contributor to the XH-26 Jet Jeep.[2]

Early life[]

Eugene M. Gluhareff was born in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1916,[3] was the oldest of two children, born to Michael E. Gluhareff and Antonina Gluhareff.[4] His father, Michael E. Gluhareff was an aircraft engineer who was a former Chief engineer at the Sikorsky Aircraft division of the United Aircraft Corporation, who graduated from the Russian Imperial Military Engineering College (now known as the Saint Petersburg Military Engineering-Technical University).

Gluhareff graduated from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1944 with a Bachelor of Sciences in Aeronautical Engineering.[5] Immediately after his graduation, Gluhareff went to work at Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation in Bridgeport, Connecticut; where he worked under Igor A. Sikorsky.[6]

Career[]

One of the early projects Gluhareff was invlolved in was the VS-300 helicopter

Gluhareff began his career at the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation in 1944, one of the initial projects he worked on included the VS-300 and the R-4 helicopters.[7] Gluhareff began working on the Pulse Jet Engine in 1947 for Sikorsky.[6]

In 1950, Gluhareff moved to California in order to work with the company, American Helicopter. One of the helicopters he worked on during the early 1950s was the XA-5 “Top Sergeant”, a valved pulse-jet powered helicopter.[3] In 1953, after working on several other projects, Gluhareff founded the Gluhareff Helicopters Corporation.[7]

Gluhareff began working with the U.S. Navy in order to develop Rotary Drones in 1960. In 1964, Gluhareff joined the Douglas Aircraft Company, where he worked as a Design Engineer Scientist in the development of the S-4 stage of the Saturn Rocket which was part of the Apollo program. Gluhareff continued to work with the company, as it became the McDonnell Douglas company, where he eventually became a specialist in rocket stabilization system designing used for ejection seats and capsules.[6]

Gluhareff returned to EMG Engineering, his own company in 1972, where he continued working until his death, one of the last projects he worked on was the EMG-300, also known as the "Flying Motorcycle", which was designed in the early 1990s.[7]

Death[]

Gluhareff passed away due to illness whilst he was working on the production and marketing stage of the EMG-300 helicopter in 1994.[7]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Eugene M Gluhareff in Social Security Death Index". Fold3. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  2. ^ Eugene Michael Gluhareff biography
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Gluhareff Helicopters LLC: E.M.G. Biography". www.gluhareffhelicopters.com. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
  4. ^ "Eugene Gluhareff in the 1940 Census | Ancestry". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
  5. ^ Bramlette, Richard. "Eugene M. Gluhareff's Pressure Jet Engine". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c Ozuna, Ernest. "Biography: Eugene Michael Gluhareff". www.tipjet.com. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Gluhareff Pressure Jet Engine: Past, Present and Future" (PDF).
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