Homer J. Wood

Wood was an engineer at Garrett AiResearch, who did pioneering work in gas turbine engines for aircraft applications.

[1][2] He won the Wright Brothers Medal in 1949 with Frederick Dallenbach for a paper[3] discussing auxiliary turbines to supply pneumatic power for aircraft based on the Garrett GTC43/44 and GTP70 units.

[2] Wood went on to design the GTC85, one of the most widely used auxiliary power units in commercial and military aviation.

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