Sighard F. Hoerner

Sighard F. Hoerner (18 April 1906, in Münster, Germany – 22 June 1971, in Brick Town, USA)[1] was a German scientist.

After the war, he was "invited" (Operation Paperclip) to emigrate to the United States, where he worked in aerodynamics at Wright Field in Ohio.

Eventually, he ended up working as a specialist in aerodynamics and hydrodynamics in the field of naval architecture at Gibbs & Cox, Inc. in New York City.

The US Navy Office of Naval Research gave Hoerner a contract in the mid-1960s to write a companion volume Fluid-Dynamic Lift.

After his death, she continued the mail order business, selling copies of both books to engineers around the world[7].In 1 marriage Dr. Hoerner married Käte Sommer, the daughter of an academic family from Pölitz.