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1906 Appointed assistant head designer, and later head designer at [[Johnson and Phillips]] | 1906 Appointed assistant head designer, and later head designer at [[Johnson and Phillips]] | ||
1910 Aviators Certificates #33 | 1910 Aviators Certificates #33 taken on Bristol Biplane at Brooklands | ||
1911-13 Appointed chief designer at [[Vickers]] | |||
1911 Living in Croydon and listed as Chief Engineer (Works Manager) - Aviation.<ref>1911 Census</ref> | 1911 Living in Croydon and listed as Chief Engineer (Works Manager) - Aviation.<ref>1911 Census</ref> | ||
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Designed the Vickers F.B.5. and Vickers E.F.B.1. | Designed the Vickers F.B.5. and Vickers E.F.B.1. | ||
1919 Chief Librarian at the Air Ministry. | |||
1932 Appointed Senior Technical Officer at Orfordness Beacon, which was 'The Birthplace of Radar', where he was known as a 'boffin', a new term at the time for a person engaged in unspecified scientific or technical research, and where he became a lifelong friend of [[Henry Tizard]], who started the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. | |||
1938 Transferred to the [[Royal Aircraft Establishment]], Farnborough Airport, | |||
1940 Emigrated to Canada | |||
1949 Retired to Switzerland | |||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
Revision as of 14:02, 24 June 2024
Archibald Reith Low (c1879-1969). Early aviator
c1879 Born in Aberdeen
1906 Appointed assistant head designer, and later head designer at Johnson and Phillips
1910 Aviators Certificates #33 taken on Bristol Biplane at Brooklands
1911-13 Appointed chief designer at Vickers
1911 Living in Croydon and listed as Chief Engineer (Works Manager) - Aviation.[1]
Designed the Vickers F.B.5. and Vickers E.F.B.1.
1919 Chief Librarian at the Air Ministry.
1932 Appointed Senior Technical Officer at Orfordness Beacon, which was 'The Birthplace of Radar', where he was known as a 'boffin', a new term at the time for a person engaged in unspecified scientific or technical research, and where he became a lifelong friend of Henry Tizard, who started the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
1938 Transferred to the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough Airport,
1940 Emigrated to Canada
1949 Retired to Switzerland
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1911 Census