 He is much acclaimed for his pioneering work on tip jets, inventor of the Gluhareff Pressure Jet and was a contributor to the American Helicopter XH-26 Jet Jeep.Eugene M. Gluhareff was born in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1916, was the oldest of two children, born to Micheal E. Gluhareff and Antonina Gluhareff.His father, Micheal E. Gluhareff was an aircraft engineer who was a former Chief engineer at the Sikorsky Aircraft division of the United Aircraft Corporation, who graduated from the russian Imperial Military Engineering College ( now known as the Saint Petersburg Military Engineering-Technical University).