George Edwards (aviation)

George Edwards
Born(1908-07-09)9 July 1908
Highams Park, London, England
Died2 March 2003(2003-03-02) (aged 94)
Guildford, Surrey, England
EducationWalthamstow Technical Institute Engineering and Trade School
Alma materUniversity of London
Known forBAC One-Eleven,
Concorde
Scientific career
FieldsAircraft Designer
InstitutionsVickers-Armstrongs,
British Aircraft Corporation

Sir George Robert Freeman Edwards OM CBE FREng FRS DL (9 July 1908 – 2 March 2003), was a British aircraft designer and industrialist.[1][2]

  1. ^ Barfield, N. (2004). "Sir George Robert Edwards OM CBE. 9 July 1908 -- 2 March 2003: Elected F.R.S. 1968". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 50: 73. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2004.0007.
  2. ^ Gardner, Robert. From Bouncing Bombs to Concorde: The Authorised Biography of Aviation Pioneer Sir George Edwards OM, Sutton Publishing. 2006. ISBN 0-7509-4389-0