Fritz Karl Preikschat | |
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 Preikschat at Boeing (≈1965) | |
| Born | Fritz Karl Preikschat September 11, 1910 |
| Died | September 2, 1994 (aged 83) Kirkland, Washington, U.S. |
| Nationality | German, American |
| Citizenship | Germany United States (after 1962) |
| Alma mater | Hindenburg Polytechnic |
| Occupation(s) | Engineer and inventor |
| Spouse | Martha Wasgindt (m. 1937–1994) |
| Children | Ursula Gallagher Ekhard Preikschat |
Fritz Karl Preikschat (September 11, 1910 – September 2, 1994) was a German, later American, electrical and telecommunications engineer and inventor.[1] He had more than three German patents and more than 23 U.S. patents, including a dot matrix teletypewriter (Germany, 1957), a blind-landing system for airports (1965), a phased array system for satellite communications (1971), a hybrid car system (1982), and a scanning laser diode microscope for particle analysis (1989). He was the only engineer to work on both sides of the Space Race: a lab manager for NII-88 in Soviet Union (1946–1952) and a lead engineer for the Space division of Boeing (1960s).