When Michael Gluhareff immigrated to the United States in October 1924, he arrived with dreams of becoming a successful aircraft designer in a country he believed would be full of opportunities in aviation. He had left behind his home country of Russia, which was torn apart by civil war following World War I, and then Finland, where he devoted his time living in exile to learning everything he could about his favorite subjects: aircraft design and aerodynamics. Soon after his arrival howe...
