- He is the inventor and patent holder for the cryogenically cooled nose used on the X-15 -- the aircraft which helped launch the U.S. space program. The nose design is still used today on the space shuttle. Though acknowledged by the Government, Lebel was never paid a cent for his contribution. The nation's top aeronautic scientists were loathe to admit a problem that baffled them was solved by an opera singer!
- Marin County, California (May 2004)
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