Frank D. Robinson
Franklin Davis Robinson ( * January 1930 in Carbonado in the U.S. state of Washington), the youngest of four children is the founder and owner of the Robinson Helicopter Company.
Life
Frank Robinson began after his college education and graduated at the University of Washington and subsequent thesis in Aeronautics and Astronautics at Wichita State University in 1957, his career at Cessna Aircraft Company, where he worked, among others, the development of the CH- 1 Skyhook helicopter. Over the next few years, he was still with Umbaugh Aircraft, the (studies at affordable helicopters Collaboration in Design), followed at Kaman of two years in the research and development department at Bell Helicopter where he made McCulloch Aircraft Corporation built a reputation as a tail rotor expert. In 1969, he began his career at Hughes Helicopters in research and Entwicklungsbteilung where he worked on the tail rotor development for the Hughes OH -6 among others. The Hughes OH -6 had problems with the tail rotor, which became known under the name Hughes Tail Spin. Frank Robinson was able to solve this problem successfully.
His former employer, he tried on the concept of a small, inexpensive helicopter to raise awareness of what he was not able. Then he founded in 1973, Robinson Helicopter Company. Frank Robinson himself experienced airplane and helicopter pilot.
On August 10, 2010 Frank Robinson announced via press release its functions back down as president and chairman and retire from the company. The functions as chairman and president were taken over by his son Kurt Robinson.
Family
Frank Robinson was married to his second wife since 1983 with Barbara L. Krauss ( b. 1955 ). Barbara was even helicopter pilot and worked with Robinson Helicopter since 1978. She died on 13 August 2009 from breast cancer. Frank and Barbara Robinson have two children, Mark ( born 1986 ) and Cindy (* 1988).