James C. Floyd

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James C. Floyd
Floyd at the Canadian Air and Space Museum in 2006
Born	James Charles Floyd[1] (1914-10-20)20 October 1914[2] Manchester, Lancashire, England[3]
Other names	Jim Floyd[4]
Citizenship	England[5] Canada[6]
Education	UMIST[7]
Occupation	Aeronautical engineer
Years active	1930–1979[8]
Employer	Avro[9]
Notable work	Avro Canada C102 Jetliner[10] Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck[11] Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow[12]
Spouse	Irene Floyd ​ ​ (m. 1940; died 2014)​ [13]
Awards	Wright Brothers Medal (1950)[14]

James Charles Floyd (born 20 October 1914) is a British-Canadian aeronautical engineer.^[15][16] He became the Avro Aircraft Ltd. (Canada) chief design engineer and was involved in the design and development of the Avro Canada C-102 Jetliner, Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck and Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow aircraft.