Jim Drake (engineer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jim Drake (engineer)

American aerospace engineer

Date of Birth: 08-Jan-1929

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States

Date of Death: 19-Jun-2012

Profession: engineer, inventor, aerospace engineer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

For other persons named Jim Drake, see Jim Drake (disambiguation)Jim Drake (January 8, 1929 in Los Angeles – June 19, 2012 in Pfafftown) was an American aeronautics engineer who is credited as the inventor of windsurfing.
Patent disputes uncovered earlier designs by Peter Chilvers and Newman Darby such that Drake accepted that he was the third inventor of the concept.
He was the engineer who perfected the concepts of board and rig layout and the universal joint which is core to the sport.