Aircraft Designer Fred David

[Akuma]

Looking for information on Fred David, CAC designer.

 

[cvairwerks]

Here's a link to parts of an article that talks about Fred:

Elliptical wings articles from FAC65 newsletter

dbdesignbureau.buckmasterfamily.id.au

There might be some stuff in Keith Megg's book. Just beware it's a 4 volume tome, and has a staggering price tag if you can find all the volumes. : Australian-Built Aircraft, and the Industry by Keith Meggs

 

[Akuma]

Here's a link to parts of an article that talks about Fred:

Elliptical wings articles from FAC65 newsletter

dbdesignbureau.buckmasterfamily.id.au

There might be some stuff in Keith Megg's book. Just beware it's a 4 volume tome, and has a staggering price tag if you can find all the volumes. : Australian-Built Aircraft, and the Industry by Keith Meggs

Great stuff! Thank you.

 

[GTX]

There might be some stuff in Keith Megg's book. Just beware it's a 4 volume tome, and has a staggering price tag if you can find all the volumes. : Australian-Built Aircraft, and the Industry by Keith Meggs

You can get Volumes 1 & 2 (each is a two book edition) here: https://www.australianbuiltaircraft.com.au/?page_id=1100. Volume 2 (nearly 1800 pages combined) is the one covering CAC and has multiple references to him:

BTW, his name is actually Friedrich Willahelm David and he was an Austrian Jew.