Airplane Stories and Histories by Norman Currey

Airplane Stories and Histories by Norman Currey

NORMAN CUREY was born on the North Sea Coast in Scarborough, Yorkshire, in 1926. His first experience with aircraft was in the Air Training Corps from 1941 to 1943, and after high school he attended the de Havilland Aeronautical Technical School for four years at Harfield, a few miles north of London. After graduating, he worked as a stress engineer at de Havilland on the Comet, and then sailed to Canada where he was a design engineer at Avro Aircraft for 10 years, working mostly in its Initial Projects Office. He then worked Lockheed for 30 years on the C-130, C-5, JetStar and conducting research and development in their Preliminary Design department. Since retirement he did some consulting and presented lectures to the South Korean Agency Defense Development. He is a Chartered Engineer (UK) and a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, and has published many articles, presented papers at two SAE Systems Conferences, and has published a book on landing gear design (AIA).

NORMAN CURREY was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, on the North Sea Coast in 1926. From 1941 to 1943, he served in the Air Training Corps, and following high school, he spent four years at the de Havilland Aeronautical Technical School in Harfield, a few miles north of London. He worked as a stress engineer on the Comet after graduating, and then sailed to Canada to work as a design engineer with Avro Aircraft for ten years, largely in the Initial Programs Office. He then spent 30 years with Lockheed, working on the C-130, C-5, and JetStar, as well as undertaking research and development in their Preliminary Design department. He has done some consulting and given lectures to the South Korean Agency for Military Development since his retirement. He is a Chartered Engineer in the United Kingdom and a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, with numerous publications, presentations at two SAE Systems Conferences, and a book on landing gear design (AIAA).