Clive Leyman
Clive Leyman (born October 24 1935) is a Welsh aerodynamicist and was the chief aerodynamicist of Concorde.[1]
Early life
[edit]He was the son of William Henry Leyman (February 23 1907 - February 1988), of 36 Mary Street and Prudence (1907-1986).[2] His father became General Manager of Red Dragon Relays.[3] His mother died on January 21 1986.[4] His father Billy Leyman died on Sunday February 14 1988 at Neath General Hospital.[5]
He went to Neath Grammar School for Boys in Wales. He studied at Queen Mary College in London.
Career
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BAC
[edit]He joined the Bristol Aeroplane Company in 1957, which became BAC in 1960. He became the Chief Aerodynamicist at BAC.[6]
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. The Concorde delta began at 57 degrees. Wave drag, lift-induced drag (vortex drag) and trim drag were important.
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.[7]
Personal life
[edit]In 1955, he was the assistant scout master of the 5th Neath scout group.[8] He married Mair Davies on Saturday 31 August 1957 at St David's Church in Neath.[9]
He later married Daphne Phipps in 1985. He lives in Pucklechurch, a village on the B4465 in South Gloucestershire, close to the M4.
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
References
[edit]- ↑ "Times Higher Education May 2001". Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
- ↑ Neath Guardian Thursday 14 January 1971, page 1
- ↑ Neath Guardian Thursday 18 August 1977, page 1
- ↑ South Wales Daily Post Wednesday 22 January 1986, page 2
- ↑ South Wales Post Tuesday 16 February 1988, page 2
- ↑ Flight International March 1969
- ↑ Royal Academy of Engineering February 2005
- ↑ Neath Guardian Friday 23 September 1955, page 10
- ↑ Neath Guardian Friday 6 September 1957, page 16
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