Orville Albert Wheelon (June 12, 1906 – February 9, 1966) was an aeronautical engineer who invented the Verson-Wheelon process for aircraft sheet-metal formingLascoe, O.D. (1988) Handbook of fabrication processes, ASM International. and who was one of the first to use titanium in modern aircraft construction.Taubman, P. (2003) Secret empire: Eisenhower, the CIA, and the hidden story of America's space espionage, Simon and Schuster. The latter work earned him the Wright Brothers Medal in 1951.
His son is Albert D. Wheelon, a physicist and aerospace executive.
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