Colley, Russell

Colley, Russell
▪ 1997

      U.S. designer who created pressurized suits for barnstorming aviators, the space suit worn by astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and a multitude of devices, including a rubberized pneumatic deicer used to clear airplane wings and a Riv-nut that allowed a single worker to affix rivets to airplane wings (b. 1899—d. Feb. 4, 1996).

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