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Sydney Camm
Sydney Camm at Windsor Model Aeroplane Club, c. 1915 with "twin-pusher" style free flight model
Born
5 August 1893
Windsor, Berkshire, England
Died
12 March 1966 (aged 72)
Richmond, London, England
Resting place
Long Ditton Cemetery, Long Ditton, Surrey, England
Nationality
British
Education
Royal Free School, Windsor
Spouse
Hilda Rose Starnes
Children
1 daughter
Parent(s)
Frederick Camm, Mary Smith
Engineering career
Discipline
Aeronautics
Institutions
RAeS
Employer(s)
Hawker Siddeley
Significant design
Hawker Hurricane, Hawker Hunter
Significant advance
Hawker Siddeley P.1127
Awards
Knight Bachelor (1953) British Gold Medal for Aeronautics (1949) RAeS Gold Medal (1958) Daniel Guggenheim Medal (1965) International Hall of Aerospace Fame (1984)
Sir Sydney Camm, CBE, FRAeS (5 August 1893 – 12 March 1966) was an English aeronautical engineer who contributed to many Hawker aircraft designs, from the biplanes of the 1920s to jet fighters. One particularly notable aircraft he designed was the Hawker Hurricane fighter.[1]
Sir SydneyCamm, CBE, FRAeS (5 August 1893 – 12 March 1966) was an English aeronautical engineer who contributed to many Hawker aircraft designs, from...
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with the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was designed during the 1920s by SydneyCamm and manufactured by Hawker Aircraft. The Hart was a prominent British...
Even as Hurricane production began in March 1937, SydneyCamm embarked on designing its successor. Camm had contacted the Air Ministry and asked what projects...
circulation. Camm was born in Windsor, England, the second child of twelve. The eldest, SydneyCamm, became a famous aircraft designer. He shared with Sydney an...
bombers and fighters for the Royal Air Force, the product of SydneyCamm (later Sir Sydney) and his team. These included the Hawker Hind and the Hawker...
originated from discussions between RAF officials and aircraft designer Sir SydneyCamm about a proposed monoplane derivative of the Hawker Fury biplane in the...
World War. The Fury's design process was initiated in September 1942 by SydneyCamm, one of Hawker's foremost aircraft designers, to meet the Royal Air Force's...
Navy's traditional preference for radial engines, Hawker's designer SydneyCamm was convinced by his experience with the landplane Hawker Fury that the...
harness this means of propulsion. Hawker Aviation's chief designer, SydneyCamm, had proposed the Hawker P.1040 for the RAF, but the demonstrator failed...
for service with British military customers in mind. In October 1945, SydneyCamm, Hawker's chief designer, being satisfied with the results generated...
take-off and landing) fighter-bomber aircraft – Hawker P.1127, designed by SydneyCamm The first commercial jet airliner (de Havilland Comet) The first Supersonic...
competition would be held to study aircraft submitted for both specifications. SydneyCamm of Hawker Aircraft designed the Harrier to meet the requirements of Specification...
the earlier Hawker Typhoon, the design team, under the leadership of SydneyCamm, had already planned out a series of design improvements; these improvements...
would be capable of supersonic speeds. HSA's chief aircraft designer Sir SydneyCamm decided that the company should investigate the prospects of developing...
produced rail cars, transit vehicles and engines (aircraft and ship). SydneyCamm Roy Chaplin Richard Clarkson Stuart Davies (engineer) John Fozard Bob...
Aviation's origins at Brooklands. Well known aviation personalities SydneyCamm, Harry Hawker and Tommy Sopwith were responsible for much of Kingston's...
(1924–2010), Ralph Hooper (1926–2022), Stanley Hooker (1907–1984) and SydneyCamm (1893–1966); the project developed on ideas by Frenchman Michel Wibault...
with poachers, for which there is good evidence. In early 1911 a young SydneyCamm watched Sir Thomas Sopwith land his aircraft on Datchet golf course,...
Role Fighter aircraft Type of aircraft Manufacturer Hawker Designer SydneyCamm First flight 14 June 1938 Primary user Royal Air Force Number built 1...
known as Roy Chaplin, was an aeronautical engineer who worked with SydneyCamm at Hawker Aircraft Limited from 1927 to 1962. He helped design the Hawker...