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Interview 014 - Coggle Diagram
Interview 014
146 last UK whole build
About 30 draughtsmen in main office - different disciplines
Full-scale mock-up 10 draughtsmen
Responsible for fixed trailing edge and all behind
Interface was rear spar of the wing
Wooden ribs on metal spar - fitter or carpenter??
Hatfield design the front half and Manchester the rear
Strings for flight control cables
Main HS design Office at Hatfield
Electric cables and hydraulics
Weekly liaison meetings alternating on sites - DH Dove
Transition coming from CAD
Kongsberg 2D lofting plotter
Design iterative with mock-ups
1970s
Avionics
Systems, FM systems
Aerodynamics and wind tunnels
Projects Office
Structural Department - Stress Office and Structural Test
Verticals and projects horizontals
Design Office - drawing boards and paper
Matrix
Collaborative programmes
Shift to SI units but kept English
Cultural differences
1970s A300 UK, Fr, GR
!960s Concorde UK/France
1962 apprenticed at AVRO Chadderton/Woodford
Rotated through all departments
Stress Office
5 yrs ONC, HNC,
Scholarship Cranfield MSc
Design Engineer (under training)