Ladies and Gentlemen, I feel that an introduction to our lecturer this afternoon is hardly necessary, as I am sure he is well known to most of you, but perhaps one or two may not be so well acquainted either with his background, or his work in rotating wing aircraft

Mr Pullin is the Managing Director and Chief Designer of the Cierva Autogiro Co Ltd, a Founder Memb2r of our Association, a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, and a Member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers He has been actively engaged in the research and development of rotary wing aircraft since 1932, but his interest in aviation goes back to pre-1914 when he learnt to fly at Brooklands in the good old days He has been engaged in engineering for about 30 years, covering in this time, several of its different branches