Werner Krueger
Werner Krueger;Werner Krüger;Werner Kruger
Place: Neuilly-Sur-Seine
Born: 1910
Death: 2003
Biography:
Werner Krüger was a German engineer born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France in 1910 and died in 2003. He is known for inventing the Krueger flap in 1943, a device that enhances wing's low speed lift production especially on swept wing aircraft. He evaluated Krueger flaps in the wind tunnels of Göttingen Aerodynamische Versuchsanstalt, AVA in 1944. Boeing first used Krueger flaps in production for the B-727 maiden flight on 9 February 1963.
