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1923 Took an MA degree when Cambridge admitted women to titular degrees. | 1923 Took an MA degree when Cambridge admitted women to titular degrees. | ||
1924 Resigned from | 1924 Resigned from Parnalls and travelled to Switzerland with her sister for six weeks. Then went to work at the [[Royal Airship Works|Royal Airship Works, Cardington]], carrying out calculations that supported the stress analysis and aerodynamic research for the [[R101]] airship. | ||
1930 Awarded the R38 memorial prize of the Royal Aeronautical Society for her paper "The strength of transverse frames of rigid airships" | 1930 Awarded the R38 memorial prize of the Royal Aeronautical Society for her paper "The strength of transverse frames of rigid airships" | ||
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Her resulting work led to the acceptance of a blunter shape than had been used in the R101 airship that became known as "the Lyon shape" and was also applied to submarines. | Her resulting work led to the acceptance of a blunter shape than had been used in the R101 airship that became known as "the Lyon shape" and was also applied to submarines. | ||
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Hilda Margaret Lyon (1896–1946), aeronautical engineer
1896 Born in Market Weighton, Yorkshire, daughter of Thomas Green Lyon (1859–1946), a master grocer, and his second wife, Margaret, née Green (1872–1934).
Educated at Beverley High School and Newnham College, Cambridge (1915–18)
1918 Gained second-class honours in parts 1 and 2 of the mathematical tripos.
After Cambridge, she attended a six-week training course in aeroplane stress analysis under the auspices of the Air Ministry which enabled her to secure a post as technical assistant in the aeroplane design office of the Siddeley-Deasy company, Coventry, which she held from 1918 to 1919.
1920 she moved to George Parnall and Co, Bristol, where she worked on determining the strength and performance of different types of aircraft and of propellers. Became an associate fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society.
1923 Took an MA degree when Cambridge admitted women to titular degrees.
1924 Resigned from Parnalls and travelled to Switzerland with her sister for six weeks. Then went to work at the Royal Airship Works, Cardington, carrying out calculations that supported the stress analysis and aerodynamic research for the R101 airship.
1930 Awarded the R38 memorial prize of the Royal Aeronautical Society for her paper "The strength of transverse frames of rigid airships"
Gained a Mary Ewart travelling scholarship from Newnham College. She enrolled as a postgraduate student in the aeronautical engineering department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, having resigned from Cardington in August 1930.
Her resulting work led to the acceptance of a blunter shape than had been used in the R101 airship that became known as "the Lyon shape" and was also applied to submarines.
See Also
Sources of Information
- Biography of Hilda Margaret Lyon, ODNB