Edwards, Sir George Robert
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British aircraft designer (b. July 9, 1908, Chingford, Essex, Eng.—d. March 2, 2003, Guildford, Surrey, Eng.), designed a number of airplanes, notably the Viscount turboprop airliner, and
in the 1970s was instrumental in persuading French and English politicians and aircraft designers to bring the supersonic Concorde project to fruition. Edwards joined the design staff of Vickers Aviation in 1935; he became chief designer in 1948 and managing director in 1953. He designed the Viking, the world's first jet-powered transport airplane; the Valetta and the Varsity, military versions of the Viking; the Viscount, in 1948, the first turboprop airliner to operate passenger services and the first British plane to have an impact on the American airline market; and the Valiant, in 1951, the first British aircraft capable of carrying a nuclear weapon and the first used in nuclear trials. When Vickers joined with other manufacturers to form the British Aircraft Corp. (1955), Edwards became managing director. He was knighted in 1957 and awarded the Order of Merit in 1971.
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