AVIATION HISTORY
17 January 1847 – Nikolay Zhukovsky is born
On 17th January 1847, a Russian scientist, mathematician and engineer, as well as founding father of aerodynamics, was born. Nikolay Yegorovich Zhukovsky (Николай Егорович Жуковский, sometimes transliterated Joukovsky) was born in Orekhovo village, in the […]