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Jim Drake (1929 – 2012) was an American aeronautical engineer who is widely credited with the invention of the sport of Windsurfing. He patented his windsurfing concept in 1968. Drake conceptualized, designed and hand built the first board and articulating sail rig prototype in his garage.
Drake's career began in 1974, working as an associate director for the Norman Lear -produced sitcoms All in the Family and Good Times; he made his lead directorial debut in the syndicated comedy/soap opera spoof series Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, which was executive produced by Lear.
Jan 26, 2022 · Jim Drake, a top photographer for Sports Illustrated whose pictures of Muhammad Ali, Joe Namath, Arnold Palmer and others, both in action and away from their fields of play, were among the...
Jul 4, 2012 · Jim Drake, an aeronautical engineer who helped design the X-15 rocket plane and the Tomahawk Cruise Missile and in his spare time created the Windsurfer, a surfboard with a sail that became...
Jun 20, 2012 · Jim Drake, the co-inventor of the Windsurfer and father of modern windsurfing, has passed away at the age of 83. The North American aeronautics engineer improved the early design by Peter Chilvers and Newman Darby.
Jim Drake was born on 2 December 1944 in the USA. He was a director and assistant director, known for Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987), Speed Zone (1989) and Buffalo Bill (1983). He died on 10 January 2022 in Freeland, Washington, U.S.
The story of Jim Drake's first 'Wing' rig. Windsurfing. The idea of the first "Wing" rig came up in August 1981 when Jim Drake visited me in the surf editorial office in Munich. It was the precursor of modern wing surfing.
Jan 31, 2022 · Jim Drake, a top photographer for Sports Illustrated whose pictures of Muhammad Ali, Joe Namath, Arnold Palmer and others, both in action and away from their fields of play, were among the magazine’s most indelible images from the 1960s to the ’80s, died Jan. 10 at his home in Philadelphia.
Windsurfer Creator. Much of Jim Drake 's work soared. During a long aeronautical career, he helped design the Air Force's X-15 "rocket plane" and worked on designs for Cold War-era bombers and the cruise missile. But his best known innovation glided at sea level.
Jim Drake (1929-2012) On May 15, 1967, in Marina del Rey, California, Jim Drake took the first step on the first windsurfer that he designed and built in his Santa Monica garage (shaped by Gary Seaman).
