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	Alexander P. de Seversky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alexander Procofieff de Seversky, (or De Seversky or DeSeversky), ( June 7, 1894 - August 24, 1974) was a Georgian -born American aviation pioneer, inventor, and influential advocate of strategic air power.
		Seversky was one of a number of strategic air advocates whose vision was realized in the 1946 creation of the Strategic Air Command and the development of aircraft such as the B-36 and B-47.
		Seversky continued to publicize his ideas for innovative aircraft and weaponry, notably the 1964 Ionocraft which was to be a single-man aircraft powered by the ionic wind from a high-voltage discharge.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alexander_P._de_Seversky (600 words)

	Encyclopedia: P-47 Thunderbolt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Alexander Procofieff de Seversky, (or De Seversky or DeSeversky), (June 7, 1894-August 24, 1974) was a Georgian-born American aviation pioneer, inventor, and influential advocate of strategic air power.
		Alexander Kartveli (1896-1974, born Kartvelishvili) was one of the greatest aircraft engineers of the 20th century, and a pioneer of American aviation.
		The early Seversky aircraft, such as the Seversky P-35 and its relatives, were important steps on the way to the development of the P-47.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/P_47-Thunderbolt (7076 words)

	Alexander de Seversky
		Aviation pioneer, Alexander Nikolaivich Prokofiev de Seversky, a Russian émigré to the United States after the Bolshevik revolution of 1917, founded Seversky Aircraft Corporation in 1931.
		Seversky was asked to develop a bombsight "of greatest accuracy." Working with Elmer Sperry of Sperry Gyroscope Company, he developed the first gyroscopically stabilized bombsight in 1923.
		Seversky turned to writing and advising after his departure from the company that he founded.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Aerospace/Seversky/Aero42.htm (974 words)

	Republic P-47 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		After the October Revolution in 1917, De Seversky was sent to the US as part of a military mission in 1918.
		The first Seversky design was the "SEV-3" amphibian, The SEV-3 was an all-metal, low wing monoplane that was powered by Wright J-6 air-cooled radial engine, offering 420 horsepower, and had an interesting arrangement of retractable floats that allowed it to land on water or a runway.
		It was fast for its time, and in October 1933, De Seversky set an international speed record of 290 km/h (180 mi/h) with it.
	www.wikisearch.net /en/wikipedia/r/re/republic_p_47.html (6588 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		De Seversky, who had received a wooden leg following a combat injury, attempted to console the young man. “The loss of a leg is not so great a calamity,” he said.
		Later the government de Seversky was asked to develop a bombsight "of greatest accuracy".
		In 1930 de Seversky again made an important contribution to his new country's air efforts when he developed the P-43 all metal fighter.
	www.nationalaviation.org /website/index.asp?webpageid={F3401AC2-408C-42A7-AD0F-CDDC7942F110}&eID=339 (647 words)

	Alexander de Seversky
		Although the Seversky fighter never achieved 300 mph, it was judged by the best of the entries, and on June 16, 1936, Seversky was awarded a contract for 77 examples under the designation P-35.
		Seversky asserted that airpower was the key to victory and that traditional forms of land and sea warfare had been eclipsed by the airplane.
		Seversky emphatically declared that war was undergoing a revolution and that America needed revolutionary responses.
	www.acepilots.com /wwi/pio_seversky.html (1947 words)

	Russian Aces of WW1 - Alexander Seversky
		Alexander Seversky's father was one of the first Russian aviators to own a plane.
		Seversky also developed a turbo-supercharged, air-cooled fighter plane that served as the protoype for the P-47.
		In April of 1939, Seversky was out of the country on business when the company's board of directors voted him out of office as CEO and changed the name of the firm to Republic.
	www.wwiaviation.com /aces/ace_Seversky.html (425 words)

	History of Flight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In 1930 de Seversky again made a most important contribution to his new country's air efforts in the all-metal P-43 fighter, predecessor of the historic P-47 Thunderbolt.
		His Seversky Electroatom Corp of 1952 directed its efforts to defending the USA against nuclear attack, and to extraction of radioactive particles from the air.
		De Seversky was enshrined in the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1970.
	www.100yearsofflight.com /history/seversky.html (444 words)

	Sasha the Salesman
		Seversky, while flying in formation with another Russian airplane, had playfully reached up and grabbed the trailing wire radio antenna of his mate, flying along “connected” to the other airplane for several minutes.
		Seversky was a talented aeronautical engineer (in 1940, President Roosevelt awarded him the prestigious Harmon Trophy), but he was not a skilled businessman.
		Seversky reasserted that airpower was the key to victory and that traditional forms of land and sea warfare had been eclipsed by the airplane.
	www.afa.org /magazine/aug2003/0803sasha.asp (3040 words)

	Sasha the Salesman
		Seversky, however, believed a long-range escort could be made possible by use of internal fuel tanks (“wet wings”), which would not sacrifice the attributes that also made a successful fighter.
		Seversky argued this was because his aircraft were so original they required new manufacturing techniques, and creating them took time.
		Yet, Alexander P. de Seversky was able to capture the essence of the air weapon and then convey an understanding of that essence to millions of Americans like no one else before him or since.
	www.afa.org /magazine/aug2003/0803sasha.html (3016 words)

	Seversky Aircraft and Republic Aviation
		Seversky had heard of the mass executions of his fellow officers and promptly applied for American citizenship.
		Seversky’s brilliance was quickly recognized and he was assigned as an assistant to General Billy Mitchell.
		Seversky, feeling the severe pinch of the depression combined with American isolationism was quickly being overwhelmed by red ink.
	home.att.net /~historyzone/Seversky-Republic.html (1404 words)

	Air & Space Power Journal: Alexander P. de Seversky
		At the same time, de Seversky was a prophet, using logic and his interpretation of history to predict the future of air warfare.
		Unfortunately, de Seversky was a poor businessman, and as war approached, his board of directors voted him out of office and changed the company's name to Republic.
		De Seversky continued to write for the next 15 years, but his later books did not have the impact of his first one, and, in truth, as time went on he grew increasingly out of touch with technical developments.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0NXL/is_4_16/ai_97737367 (639 words)

	Enshrinee Display (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		On a visit to a hospital, Russian-born Alexander de Seversky encountered a patient who had recently lost a leg.
		In 1921 de Seversky met General Billy Mitchell.
		Alexander de Seversky died on August 24th, 1974.
	nationalaviation.devatwork.com /website/index.asp?webpageid={F3401AC2-408C-42A7-AD0F-CDDC7942F110}&eID=339 (647 words)

	Alexander de Seversky (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		de Seversky's father was one of the first Russian aviators to own a plane.
		In April 1939, de Seversky was out of the country on business when the company's board of directors voted him out of office as CEO and changed the name of the firm to Republic.
		Alexander de Seversky, U.S. aviator and engineer, was once visiting a fellow flyer in the hospital.
	www.theaerodrome.com /aces/russia/deseversky.html (594 words)

	De Seversky, Alexander (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		De Seversky, Alexander P. Conference on Air Force of the Future.
		Latiolais, Stanley P. The Re-Evaluation of Douhet's, Mitchell's and De Seversky's Theories in the Light of Modern Weapons.
		De Seversky, Alexander P. The Military Accommodation to the Expanding Communist Challenge.
	www.au.af.mil /au/aul/bibs/great/desevr.htm (474 words)

	Seversky P-35A by Werner Scheibling (Hobbycraft 1/48) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Alexander de Seversky was a World War One fighter ace in the Russian Tsarist airforce.
		Alexander de Seversky was one of the few who responded to Sweden's call and personally demonstrated his new 'Export Pursuit 1' (EP-1) design to the Swedish purchasing commission.
		This prototype was a straight descendant of Seversky's AP-7 racer, that mated the P-35 wing with a lengthened fuselage and a stronger Pratt and Whitney R-1830 engine with 1000+ hp.
	www.kitparade.com /features01/p35aws_1.htm (3458 words)

	Seversky P-35: two formers subjects of the Tsar...
		In 1917, Alexander de Seversky was appointed chief- assistant of the Russian aeronautic department in the USA.
		Seversky professed original ideas in the field of aircraft construction, believing that certain components could easily be standardized: wings, fuselage elements, undercarriage, etc. so that a basic design could be easily adapted to the civilian or military needs of the customers.
		All others Seversky's airplanes, including the P-35 and its non-military variants were derived from the SEV-3.
	aerostories.free.fr /severskyP35/page8.html (451 words)

	History of Flight
		After acquiring an aeronautical engineering degree, Alexander Prokofieff de Seversky was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Imperial Navy of Russia in 1915.
		In 1917 de Seversky came to the USA, offering his services to the War Dept, making outstanding contributions to their production of the British-designed SE-5 fighter and serving as a test pilot.
		He was commissioned a major in the USAAC, and founded Seversky Aircraft Corp in 1928.
	www.centennialofflight.com /history/seversky.html (444 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - De Seversky Alexander Procofieff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		MSN Encarta - Search Results - De Seversky Alexander Procofieff
		De Seversky, Alexander Procofieff (1894-1974), Russian-born American aeronautical engineer, originally named Alexander Nicolaievich...
		The Feuillant political club was established in Paris during the early period of the French Revolution; most of its members had been members...
	encarta.msn.com /De_Seversky_Alexander_Procofieff.html (198 words)

	Alexander Kartveli. Who is Alexander Kartveli? What is Alexander Kartveli? Where is Alexander Kartveli? Definition of ...
		In 1928 he joined the Fokker American Company.
		In 1931 Kartveli met well-known engineer Alexander de Seversky, who was also from Georgia, and became Chief Engineer at the Seversky Aircraft Corporation.
		Kartveli and Seversky created a series of aircraft and during World War II they designed one of its greatest planes, the 'P-47 Thunderbolt'.
	www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Alexander_Kartveli (200 words)

	Seversky
		Seversky's method of assigning c/ns was at best enigmatic and illogical, especially to outsiders — c/n 1 shows up two years after c/n 301, and 301 changed to c/n 35 for one modification, there were found two c/n 2s, and curious large gaps between numbers.
		Two Severskys were sold to Russia, the amphibian 2PA-A [NX1307] and the landplane 2PA-L. The latter is possibly the one Sever the Sky mentions: "...
		Wagner shows a photo of Seversky 2PA-L that was sold to USSR and looks very similar to the 2PA-B3 (and does not seem to have the F-1 marking).
	www.aerofiles.com /_sev.html (1399 words)

	Arc Lights and Super Gaggles: Examining the Air Battle for Khe Sanh
		De Seversky, writing directly after World War II, was an ardent supporter of air power, considering himself a visionary in this new type of warfare.
		De Seversky’s view of air power as less susceptible to problems of "geography" clearly seems correct in this context.
		But whether or not complete control of the skies was as necessary for victory as de Seversky suggested is unclear--the Marine ground forces performed admirably even during the bad weather of January and February.
	www.gtexts.com /college/papers/f1.html (3566 words)

	Aviationboom - Pioneers Alexander Kartveli
		Alexander Kartveli was one of the greatest aircraft engineers, who contributed to the Allied war efforts during World War II.
		Three years later, while this company was going bankrupt, Alexander Kartveli met Alexander de Seversky, who was also from Tbilisi, and became chief engineer at Seversky Aircraft Corp. Two talented engineers created a series of aircrafts and during teh WWII they designed one of the greatest airplanes, P-47 Thunderbolt.
		He worked at Seversky Aircraft Corp and Republic for almost 35 years and temporarily resigned in 1962.
	www.aviationboom.com /pioneers/alex_kartveli.shtml (329 words)

	Anecdote - Alexander Procofieff De Seversky - Severe Blunder? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		While visiting another aviator who had just had his leg amputated in the hospital one day, Alexander de Seversky, a fellow amputee, resolved to cheer his colleague up.
		The patient obligingly raised his walking-stick and brought it down on de Seversky's leg with considerable force.
		De Seversky, Alexander Procofieff (1894-1974) Russian-born American aviator, engineer, and inventor; president of the Seversky Aircraft Corporation (1931-39) [noted for his invention of such aeronautical devices as the bomb sight]
	www.anecdotage.com /index.php?aid=8666 (187 words)

	Alexander Kartveli - Iridis Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In 1939 this Company changed its name to the " Republic Aviation Company ".
		Kartveli and Seversky created a series of aircraft and during World War II they designed one of its greatest planes, the Republic P-47.
		After World War II, Kartveli designed well-known aircraft such as the F-84 Thunderjet, the Republic F-105 and the Republic F-84.
	www.iridis.com /Alexander_Kartveli (176 words)

	Alexander DeSeversky - The Cradle of Aviation Museum
		Alexander DeSeversky - The Cradle of Aviation Museum
		As head of this small company in the 1920’s, he developed several new devices for aircraft, none of which proved profitable.
		Organized a new company, the Seversky Aircraft Corporation in Farmingdale in 1931, with Wall Street backing, and with himself as President and Chief Test Pilot.
	www.cradleofaviation.org /history/people/seversky.html (599 words)

	Definition of Republic P-47
		The rear edges of all flight surfaces were in the form of elliptical curves, a feature that would be retained in its descendants.
		The Wright R-1670 had proven not powerful enough, and so, after experiments with different engine fits, the Seversky Company installed a Pratt & Whitney R-1830-9 Twin Wasp radial, offering 850 horsepower (630 kW) for takeoff.
		It featured fully retractable landing gear, flush riveting, and most significantly a P and W R-1830-SC2G engine with a belly-mounted turbo-supercharger, offering 1,200 horsepower (890 kW) and good high-altitude performance.
	www.wordiq.com /definition/Republic_P-47 (6879 words)

	Republic P-47 - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The first Seversky design was the "SEV-3" amphibian, The SEV-3 was an all-metal, low wing monoplane that was powered by Wright J-6 air-cooled radial engine, offering 420 horsepower (310 kW), and had an interesting arrangement of retractable floats that allowed it to land on water or a runway.
		The Wright R-1670 had proven not powerful enough, and so, after experiments with different engine fits, the Seversky Company installed a PandW R-1830-9 Twin Wasp radial, offering 850 horsepower (630 kW) for takeoff.
		It featured fully retractable landing gear, flush riveting, and most significantly a PandW R-1830-SC2G engine with a belly-mounted turbo-supercharger, offering 1,200 horsepower (890 kW) and good high-altitude performance.
	www.free-definition.com /Republic-P-47.html (6813 words)

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