Frank Piasecki

Frank Nicolas Piasecki was an American engineer and helicopter aviation pioneer. Piasecki pioneered tandem rotor helicopter designs and created the compound helicopter concept of vectored thrust using a ducted propeller.

24 October 1919

Born on the same birth day (24 October): Alice Perry • Bron Breakker • Charlie White (figure skater) • David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville • Gibby Mbasela • Jozef Ráž • Michelle Lujan Grisham • Peng Dehuai • Petar Stoychev • Vincent Leuluai • Yoel Zussman

Born in the same month (October 1919): Anita O'Day • Doris Miller • Edward Brooke • Frank Bourgholtzer • Gilles Beaudoin • James M. Buchanan • Kiichi Miyazawa • Kim Ki-young • Magnus Wenninger • Ric Nordman • Tracy Hall • Walt Hansgen • Zhao Ziyang