Henri Marie Coandă (Romanian pronunciation: [ɑ ˈri ˈko andə] ( listen); 7 June 1886 – 25 November 1972 ) was a Romanian inventor, aerodynamics pioneer and builder of an experimental aircraft, the Coandă-1910 described by Coandă in the mid-1950s as the world's first jet, a controversial claim disputed by some and supported by others. He invented a great number of devices, designed a "flying saucer" and discovered the Coandă effect of...
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Henri Marie Coandă (Romanian pronunciation: [ɑ ˈri ˈko andə] ( listen); 7 June 1886 – 25 November 1972 ) was a Romanian inventor, aerodynamics pioneer and builder of an experimental aircraft, the Coandă-1910 described by Coandă in the mid-1950s as the world's first jet, a controversial claim disputed by some and supported by others. He invented a great number of devices, designed a "flying saucer" and discovered the Coandă effect of...