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Sea Harrier — the first of the new wave

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

J. W. Fozard
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This much is certain: that he that commands the sea is at great liberty, and may take as much and as little of the war as he will.

Francis Bacon: Essays

I was both honoured and pleased to be invited to give this Mitchell Memorial Lecture. Aside from the personal gratification there were, and still are, two other substantial reasons for my satisfaction:

  • (i) Mitchell, and his distinguished contemporary, Camm, are without doubt still the best-known names in British aircraft design. Both were heroes of my boyhood—I had not yet taken my eleven plus at the time of R. J. Mitchell’s death. Later, I worked for 16 years for and with Sir Sydney.

  • This lecture therefore provides me with an opportunity formally to express the lifelong respect I have always had, in absentia, for R. J. Mitchell and his achievements.

  • (ii) The Southampton Branch Committee were tolerably firm in their invitation: ‘Sea Harrier’, they said. Since at the time Sea Harrier was occupying —and still fills—over 75% of my professional lot, I was specially pleased with the choice of subjects offered.

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Research Article
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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 81 , Issue 793 , January 1977 , pp. 15 - 40
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1977 

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