Clive Leyman
Clive Leyman (born 1935) is a Welsh aerodynamicist and was the chief aerodynamicist of Concorde.[1]
Early life[edit]
He went to Neath Grammar School for Boys in Wales. He studied at Queen Mary College in London.
Career[edit]
BAC[edit]
He joined the Bristol Aeroplane Company in 1957, which became BAC in 1960. He became the Chief Aerodynamicist at BAC.[2] He worked with Jean Rech of Aérospatiale. Aerodynamic research for Concorde was notably carried out with the BAC 221, which had a droop nose, and the Dassault Mirage IV. Concorde had an ogee-shaped wing.
British Aerospace[edit]
With British Aerospace, he became the Chief Engineer of the HOTOL project.
He later became a part-time Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics at City, University of London.[3]
Personal life[edit]
He lives in Pucklechurch, a village on the B4465 in South Gloucestershire, close to the M4. He married in 1957. He married Daphne Phipps in 1985.
Publications[edit]
- Concorde aerodynamics and associated systems development, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1980 (with Jean Rech) ISBN 1563473089
- A Review of the Technical Development of Concorde, Progress in Aerospace Sciences Volume 23 1986
See also[edit]
- Ray Creasey, chief aerodynamicist of the English Electric Lightning
- Don Dykins, chief aerodynamicist for British Aerospace Civil Division
- Aerospace industry in the United Kingdom
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External links[edit]
- 1935 births
- Academics of City, University of London
- Aerodynamicists
- Alumni of Queen Mary University of London
- Bristol Aeroplane Company
- British Aircraft Corporation
- Concorde
- People educated at Neath Grammar School for Boys
- People from Neath
- Welsh aerospace engineers
- Living people
- 20th-century British engineers