Eugene Edzards Covert[1] (February 6, 1926 – January 15, 2015) was an aeronautics specialist born in Rapid City, South Dakota[2][3] credited with the world's first practical wind tunnel magnetic suspension system, and was a member of the Rogers Commission.
In the 1970s he was the chief scientist of the US Air Force and technical director of the European Office of Aerospace Research and Development.
[4] Covert graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1946.
In 1958, he received his doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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