Aerospace Experience
Over 20 years’ aerospace industry experience, having worked for:
- Hawker Siddeley
- Messier Dowty
- Doncasters Bramah
- Moog,
- Ultra Electronics
- Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems
A background in Experimental, Development and Test department’s John later went on to manage:
- CNC machine shops
- NDT & Radiography
- Welding shops (including Laser welding)
- Heat treatment
- Toolmaking, Assembly and Fitting shops
Working on assemblies for:
- Ariane
- Tornado
- Hawk
- Typhoon
- AV-8B
- F-35
- Jaguar
- JAS39
- Harrier
- Airbus A310, 319, 320, 321, 322, 330/40 & XXX (A380)
- Boeing (Various)
- Embraer (Various)
- BA146
- Shorts 360.
Covering:
- Drop Test
- Fatigue Test,
- Strength Test
- Production (Assembly, Calibration, Test, Inspection etc)
- The design and build of test rigs
On components and systems such as:
- Landing gears
- Wheels and Brakes
- Ram Air Turbines,
- jack’s, Actuators, Shock Absorbers
- Hydraulic Systems (Aero & Subs)
- Servo valves
- Inner casings (RR Trent Engine)