Experience

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  Ksl Projects

  • Technical aircraft design & stress & aerodynamic analysis Consultant

    • Jun 2007 - Present
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  King Sales Ltd projects (Ksl)

  • near Bath, Wilts

  • Man Director

    • Sep 2007 - Jul 2014
    • near Bath, Wilts

    Ongoing Consultancy, encompassing; complete aircraft design, aerodynamics, stress, drawings etc., & for modifications, such as engine changes & engine mountings. Also processing aircraft through BCAR's and EASA's design requirements for certification as well as new SSDR's cond...

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  King Engineering Ltd

  • Wales, Tredegar

  • Man Director

    • Aug 1974 - Dec 2007
    • Wales, Tredegar

    Design, Develop, Sell, Manufacture; a range of products, encompassing;Light weight towed & silent generating sets, and 11 Kv transformer sets, and electrical & electronic control systems, for automatic load sharing and synchronising from 230v to 11 KV. Also, designing the MOD light weigh...

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  Babcock & Wilcox Group Ltd

  • Gloucester, Glos.

  • Technical Director, Babcock & Wilcox group Ltd

    • Jun 1970 - Aug 1974
    • Gloucester, Glos.

    Technical Director; Responsible with M.D for developing new products approx., nine monthly & , encompassing; large four wheel drive, four wheel steer, crab steer, tractors, loading shovels, centre pivot dumpers, cranes. Producing some sixty units monthly and capturing some 27% of this UK mar...

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  Hunting Engineering Ltd

  • Luton, Beds

  • Chief Engeer & Chief Designer (Missiles & Pert managment systems)

    • Jun 1967 - Jul 1970
    • Luton, Beds

    Design & Pert management; missile systems, some 200 internal/external engineers, becoming a routine critical path activity, head hunted as Chief Designer.

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  British Northrop & Chaseside Enginerring Ltd

  • Blackburn, Lancs

  • Chief Deigner

    • Jul 1967 - Jun 1970
    • Blackburn, Lancs

    Design, development, (field/sales assessments) of 4 wheel drive tractors & construction equipment. Until Head Hunted for Tech Director position.

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  Edgar Percival Aircraft

  • Stapleford, Essex

  • Chief Technician & later, ARB designated Design Authority

    • Apr 1952 - Jun 1960
    • Stapleford, Essex

    Complete; aircraft design & flight test analysis from company start-up, later carrying the company ARB design authority, until company sold and Head Hunted. in parallel; being a founder member of Ulair & PFA carrying & establishing their ARB design approval for two seat light aircraf...

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  Blackburn & General aircraft London

  • Assistant Chief of Stress Office

    • May 1950 - Apr 1952
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  Heston Aircraft

  • Heston Aerodrome

  • Technician; design, aerodynamics, stress

    • Jun 1947 - May 1950
    • Heston Aerodrome

    Technician; Design, stress, aerodynamics internally & loan assignments with Dehavilland's, and work with MOD, Roxby Cox & Barnes Wallace on Swing wing high speed aircraft, Heston doing the manned version, until government banned this approach. Also doing the Farnborough approach to f...