The Changing Scene

I am pleased to be invited to contribute some reminiscences and observations of the last 50 years in aviation, for AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING'S Golden Jubilee edition, even though 1 cannot quite match its record, having only started in aviation in 1931. However, my father had been in aviation before me since 1908, and we lived just outside Brooklands, said by some to be the cradle of British aviation, all the days of my youth. I was keenly interested in aviation from as early as I can remember, so hope I may claim indulgence for those three “missing” years.