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Tizard and the Aeronautical Research Committee

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

A. R. Collar*
Affiliation:
Aeronautical Research Council Past-President, Royal Aeronautical Society

Extract

The name of Sir Henry Tizard always induces in me feelings of humility: I have succeeded him in an office to which he lent distinction for ten years, but I can never hope to emulate his drive and efficiency, nor compete with his almost legendary chairmanship. I remember that in 1964, soon after I was appointed to the Chair of the Aeronautical Research Council, Dover Publications decided to reprint Goldstein's “Modern Developments in Fluid Dynamics“, and I was invited to contribute a Preface. I got out my set of the earlier edition, to be reminded that the first Preface bore the signature H. T. Tizard: somehow, it seemed almost indecent that I, or anyone, should have to write a new Preface. Such are my feelings about Tizard's name and fame: I daresay many of my generation feel as I do.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1967

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