Charles Joy (engineer)
Charles Frederick Joy (13 September 1911 – 12 April 1989) FRAeS was a British aeronautical engineer and designer.
Career[]
He started at Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft in 1927, staying until 1940. From 1940 to 1941 he was at the Gloster Aircraft Company.
Handley Page[]
He joined Handley Page in 1944 as Deputy Chief Draughtsman, becoming assistant chief designer in 1947.[1]
He became chief designer at Handley Page Aircraft in 1953,[2] when Reginald Stafford was technical director. He also had been deputy managing director at Handley Page.[3] When the Victor aircraft was being developed, he was the assistant chief designer.
Jetstream[]
As chief designer, he was responsible for the Handley Page Jetstream, which first flew on 18 August 1967 at Radlett in Hertfordshire. It was planned to produce around 10 Jetstreams a month.
The Jetstream is the UK's third-most successful airliner. It was cancelled in May 1997 when known as the British Aerospace Jetstream 41, due to it entering a sector for larger type of airliners, with commercially well-established competition. The last one was built in May 1998.
He left Handley Page in December 1969, when the company was taken over.[4]
Awards[]
He received the RAeS Silver Medal in 1967.[5]
Personal life[]
He married Winifred Downes in 1936 in Coventry. They had a son in 1939. He died in the Wycombe District on 12 April 1989.
References[]
- ^ Flight Global January 1965
- ^ Flight Global March 1994
- ^ Flight Global September 1967
- ^ Flight Global December 1969
- ^ "RAeS" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 October 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- The Handley Page Victor: The History & Development of a Classic Jet, Volume 1
- 1911 births
- 1989 deaths
- English aerospace engineers
- Fellows of the Royal Aeronautical Society
- Handley Page
- Royal Aeronautical Society Silver Medal winners