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Aviation History
1952
1952 - 1146.PDF
MEN BEHIND THE (1) Capt. Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, C.B.E., F.R.Ae.S., pioneer designer and builder of aircraft, whose personality has inspired all those who have worked on the Comet and the many other aircraft bearing his name. (2) (/ to r, front) Captains A. M. Majendie, M.A., A.F.R.Ae.S.; £. £. Rodley, D.S.O., D.F.C. and Bar, A.F.C.; R. C. Alabaster, D.S.O. and Bar, D.F.C. and Bar; and, behind, First Officer R. A\. Kidd, are all members of the Comet Unit. Capt. Majendie's flair for mathe matics has enabled him to contribute much towards devising B.O.A.C.'s jet-aircraft operational technique, and he will have the honour of taking the first passenger service as far as Beirut on May 2nd. Capt. Rodley has been in charge of all crew training for the Comet. Capt. Alabaster will take the first service from Khartoum to Johannesburg (Capt. J. T. Marsden, D.F.C., will fly the first service between Beirut and Khartoum). (3) Capt. M. J. R. Alderson, B.A., manager of B.O.A.C.'s Comet Fleet, has worked in close co-operation with the de Havilland company on the development and preparation of the Corporation's aircraft. (4) B.O.A.C. captains and crew-men, representing, also, on these pages their many colleagues whose air and ground duties have given them a share in the responsibility of introducing the first jet airliner. (5) Associated with Sir Geoffrey since 1915 and a founder of the de Havilland Enterprise, C. C. Walker, C.B.E., A.M.I.C.E., F.R.Ae.S., is a director and chief engineer of the Aircraft Company. (6) As assistant chief engineer of the D.H. Company and head of the aerodynamics department, R. M. Clarkson, O.B.E., B.Sc, A.C.G.I., F.R.Ae.S., has been largely responsible for Comet design, performance estimates and measurement.
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