Early life
He was born in Sunderland.
He attended the Loughborough College of Technology (now Loughborough University) where he studied Aeronautical Engineering, and Cranfield Institute of Technology (now Cranfield University) from 1947.
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He was born in Sunderland.
He attended the Loughborough College of Technology (now Loughborough University) where he studied Aeronautical Engineering, and Cranfield Institute of Technology (now Cranfield University) from 1947.
He joined BOAC in 1949 and BEA in 1954, where he worked as an aerodynamicist.
He became deputy general manager of Marconi Avionics in 1960. He became general manager in 1966.
He married in April 1952 and had three sons; his wife was the secretary of the technical director of BOAC. He lived at Wateringbury. He enjoyed gliding. He died in 2014. [1]
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