John Thorp

John Willard Thorp (June 20, 1912 – April 18, 1992) was an American aeronautical engineer who made significant contributions to aircraft design throughout his life.

Thorp started designing personal aircraft at the Boeing School.

In 1946 the famous P2V "Truculent Turtle" set the unrefueled distance record of 11,236 statute miles (18,083 km).

This record stood for more than ten years, until finally broken in 1962 by a Boeing B-52H Stratofortress from Minot AFB, ND.

[2] The following light aircraft were designed by John Thorp during his career:

Thorp T-211 Sky Skooter on display at the IndUS Aviation booth at Sun 'n Fun 2006