Charles J. Fletcher

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Charles J. Fletcher
Born 1923
Franklin, New Jersey
Field Aeronautical Engineering
Inventing
Business
Known for Hovercraft

Charles Joseph Fletcher is an American inventor and businessman, the original inventor of the Hovercraft and holder of over seventy patents. He is the president of Technology General Corporation, a small ($2 million annual revenue) manufacturer of drawn metal products, spray coating systems, power mixers, and commercial ice crushing equipment. Fletcher penned his autobiography, Quest for Survival, in 2002. Fletcher earned a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in aeronautical engineering from New York University in 1950. A contributor to the X-15 rocket, Fletcher also worked on the test version of the Lunar Landing Module, and holds seventeen aeronautical patents on vertical lift and rocket engines. Fletcher was inducted into the Aviation Hall of Fame of New Jersey in 1992 and the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame in 1993.

  • Fletcher, Charles J. Quest for Survival. (Aurora, Colorado: Glenridge Publishing, Ltd., 2002). ISBN 0-944435-50-5


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