Forrest Bird
Forrest Morton Bird was an American aviator, inventor, and biomedical engineer. He is best known for having created some of the first reliable massproduced mechanical ventilators for acute and chronic cardiopulmonary care.
Bird was born in Stoughton, Massachusetts. Bird became a pilot at an early age due to the encouragement of his father, a World War I pilot, and from meeting Orville Wright at an early age. He performed his first solo flight at age 14. By agehe was working to obtain multiple major pilot certifications. Bird enlisted with the United States Army Air Corps, and entered active duty in 1941 as a technical air training officer due to his advanced qualifications. This rank, combined with the onset of World War II, gave him the opportunity to pilot almost every aircraft in service, including early jet aircraft and helicopters.
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