Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
From Graces Guide
1909 The Committee was established by the Government to supervise investigations at the National Physical Laboratory[1]; it reported annually to Parliament[2]
1910 Drew up the regulations for the Alexander Award, sponsored by Patrick Young Alexander, for the development of a lightweight engine suitable for aviation[3]. Engines were submitted by Green's Motor Patent Syndicate Ltd, Humber Ltd and Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Co Ltd[4]. Testing was performed by the National Physical Laboratory under the control of the Committee.
1910 Sponsored the Meteorological Office to make meteorological information available to aviators[5]
1917 The committee consisted of:
- Lord Rayleigh, O.M., F.R.S. (President}
- Dr. R. T. Glazebrook, C.B., F.R.S. (Chairman)
- Dr. Dugald Clerk, F.R.S.
- Mr. Horace Darwin, F.R.S.
- Sir E. H. Tennyson d'Eyncourt, K.C.B .
- Mr. Henry Fowler, A.M. Inst. C.E., M.I.M.E.
- Sir G. Greenhill, F.R.S.
- Lieut.-General Sir D. Henderson, K.C.B., D.S.O.
- Mr. F. W. Lanchester M. Inst. C.E.
- Mr. H. R. A. Mallock, F.R.S.
- Lieut.-Colonel Mervyn O'Gorman, C.B.
- Commodore Godfrey Paine, C.B., M.V.O., R.N.
- Professor J. E. Petavel, F.R.S.
- Brigadier-General D. Pitcher
- Sir Napier Shaw, F.R.S.
- Secretary: Mr. F. J. Selby.
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