Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit January 3, 1985, 83-7094 (Robert and Barbara Jones v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue)

GOODWIN, Circuit Judge.

An internationally recognized scientist who had worked for the government

for

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more than thirty years designing improvements in aircraft and space vehicles, and whose inventions included the swept-wing concept for jet aircraft, at the end of his career received a $15,000 award for special achievement in aircraft and space vehicle design.