MILITARY AND AIR RESEARCH
( Soec i al C o r r esn o 11 d e 11 1 . 1
Received Tuesdav,, 7.5 p.m. LONDON, Dec. 10. 1 Wide interest. is aroused by tlu appointment of Sir Ren Loekspeiser a; c.hief scientist to the Arinistry of Siqi ply. II e will be entirely responsihlc for planning Britain 's entire military and air research and during the nexl live vears it is estimated he will spend about £299,000,000 of public money. On his immediate agenda are jet propelled "flying wings" without fnse lage or tail, and experiments on flyiiq beyond the speed of sound. It is statcd he has visualised the future lighter ; llying at 1700 miles an hour. Sir Bcn Loekspeiser, who is 55 year? of age, is regarded as having woi. prominence ntot so much by brillianci as by his steadv endeavour. He wa? educated at Grocers School in the Easl Eiul of London and took his Af.A. al Cambridge in natural science and en gineering. He was invalided from Gallipoli in the 1914-18 war and joinod tlie Farnborongh Experimental Stalion as lechnical adviser. By • 1 987 he wa? liead of the Air Defence Departmont at Farnborough and prepared Britain'? barrage balloon plans during the war He was Assistant Director of Sciontifh Research at the Air AHnjstryand latei Director in the Arinistry of Aircral't Production. He is regarded aS one ol'c the war's outstanding "backroom boys. ' '
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Chronicle (Levin), 11 December 1946, Page 5
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