TY  - JOUR
AB  - Academician A. N. Tupoley, designer of the Tu‐144 supersonic transport, has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Aeronautical Society. Honorary Fellowships have also been awarded to Sir Robert Cockburn, Fellow Commoner, Churchill College, Cambridge, and to Dr C. S. Draper, Professor Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Honorary Companionship has been awarded to Sir Anthony Milward, ex‐Chairman of B.E.A. The Society's Gold Medal is awarded to Mr Walter Tye, Chief Executive of the Air Registration Board, and the Society's Silver Medal to Mr E. E. Marshall, Technical Director, B.A.C., Weybridge. Mr N. F. Harpur, Chief Technician at British Aircraft Corporation, Filton was awarded the Society's Bronze Medal, and the Wakefield Gold Medal went to Mr J. H. Briggs, Director/Electronics, Research and Development (Civil Aviation), Ministry of Aviation and Supply. The British Gold Medal for Aeronautics for 1970 has been awarded to Mr P. A. Hufton, Deputy Director of the Royal Aircraft Establishment and the British Silver Medal for Aeronautics for 1970 goes to Mr M. J. Brennan, Executive Director Special Projects, Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd.
VL  - 43
IS  - 1
SN  - 0002-2667
DO  - 10.1108/eb034720
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb034720
PY  - 1971
Y1  - 1971/01/01
TI  - Personalities in the news
T2  - Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 33
EP  - 33
Y2  - 2024/09/22
ER  -