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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.
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...
Jul 5, 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.
Jul 1, 2012 · Aeronautical engineer Jim Drake had already solved the “puzzle” of pairing a surfboard with a sail when a young man who stopped to admire “the Baja Board” in the late 1960s suggested what he...
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...
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.
