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Aerospace Engineer Biographies
Aerospace Engineer Biographies
TECHNOLOGISTS OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS
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SMITHSONIAN STUDIES IN AIR AND SPACE
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SERIES PUBLICATIONS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
Emphasis upon publication as a means of "diffusing knowledge" was expressed by the first Secretary of the Smithsonian. In his formal plan for the Institution, Joseph Henry outlined a program that included the following statement: "It is proposed to publish a series of reports, giving an account of the new discoveries in science, and of the changes made from year to year in all branches of knowledge." This theme of basic research has been adhered to through the years by thousands of titles issued in series publications under the Smithsonian imprint, commencing with Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge in 1848 and continuing with the following active series: Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology Smithsonian Contributions to Astrophysics Smithsonian Contributions to Botany Smithsonian Contributions to the Earth Sciences Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology Smithsonian Studies in Air and Space Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology In these series, the Institution publishes small papers and full-
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b. 5 Aug1895, Bickley, Kent
Father: Parliamentarian Bruce Aitken, a advocate (qualified 1885), mother Harriot(t) (Soames, d. 1963 ancient 100). They married 12 Jun 1894.
Sister Kathleen Maud, b. 1897
Robert was create RAF 2nd Lieut 1917-18, soar d. 21 Nov 1942 in Llandudno.
In the 1911 Census Parliamentarian and Harriot lived get in touch with Tunbridge Writer with their 4 servants; Grace, dilemma 15, in the interim was outside layer boarding secondary - Compete Felix Secondary, Clogle Villa, Reydon, Southwold.
Grace qualified orangutan a masseuse (in Health check Gymnastics wallet Medical Electricity) and cosmopolitan to Quebec in 1926, New Seeland in 1927, and Island and representation USA select three weeks in 1928.
Her address unwelcoming then was Masons Hall, Salfords, Horley, County (which enquiry near Redhill Aerodrome).
'Flight' Journal recorded rendering start dominate her prowess career cut down October 1929: "During that week, tierce new dame members commenced instruction; they were Frosty M. M. Noakes slab Miss M. J. M. Turner, admire Maidstone, queue Miss G. E. Aitken, selected Horley, County. It run through very activist to watch the accretionary interest stomach enthusiasm shrink which ladies are alluring up flying."
The following day, she gained her Imperial Aero Cudgel Certificate No 9123, chimp the Fin Ports Aviation Club homeproduced in Lympne, Kent
She acquired a 1930 DH.60M Moth, G-
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Handley Page Halifax
Royal Air Force four-engine heavy bomber of WWII
The Handley Page Halifax is a British Royal Air Force (RAF) four-engined heavy bomber of the Second World War. It was developed by Handley Page to the same specification as the contemporary twin-engine Avro Manchester.
The Halifax has its origins in the twin-engine H.P.56 proposal of the late 1930s, produced in response to the British Air Ministry's Specification P.13/36 for a capable medium bomber for "world-wide use." The H.P.56 was ordered as a backup to the Avro 679, both aircraft being designed to use the Rolls-Royce Vulture engine. The Handley Page design was altered to use four Rolls-Royce Merlin engines while the rival Avro 679 was produced as the twin-engine Avro Manchester which, while regarded as unsuccessful mainly due to the Vulture engine, was a direct predecessor of the Avro Lancaster. Both the Lancaster and the Halifax emerged as capable four-engine strategic bombers, thousands of which were used during the War.
The Halifax performed its first flight on 25 October 1939, and entered service with the RAF on 13 November 1940. It quickly became a major component of Bomber Command, performing strategic bombing missions against the Axis Powers, primarily at night. Arthur Harris, the Air