Forrest Bird

Forrest M. Bird ( born June 9, 1921 in Stoughton, Massachusetts) is an American inventor.

At the suggestion of his father, who was a pilot in the First World War, and following a meeting with Orville Wright, he became a pilot at an early age. At 14 he made ​​his first solo flight and with 16 he acquired a number of pilot licenses. He went to the United States Army Air Corps and was built in 1941 due to his qualification Technical Air Training Officer. This rank and the beginning of World War II gave him the opportunity to fly any aircraft including jets and helicopters.

He developed the prototype of a ventilator, which was first tested in patients with limited success. Further revisions resulted then 1955 Bird Universal Medical Respirator. Subsequently, he developed a ventilator for children (Baby Bird), lowered the triggered by breathing problems infant mortality from 70% to 10%.

In 1985, he won the Lifetime Scientific Achievement Award and received another in September 2005.

In 2007 he opened the Bird Aviation and Invention Museum in Sagle in the U.S. state of Idaho.