Hall, Sir Arnold Alexander
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▪ 2001
British aeronautical engineer and administrator (b. April 23, 1915, Liverpool, Eng.—d. Jan. 9, 2000, Dorney, Berkshire, Eng.), was instrumental in determining the cause of several deadly crashes (1953–54) of the de Havilland Comet 1 and subsequently correcting design flaws in the aircraft, which flew British Overseas Airways Corp.'s first regular scheduled transatlantic jet service in 1958. Hall joined the powerful aircraft manufacturer Hawker Siddeley Group PLC in 1955 and succeeded Sir Thomas Sopwith as chairman (1967–86); in the 1970s he allied Hawker Siddeley with France and Germany in the construction of Airbus aircraft, despite official British government misgivings about the project. Hall was made a fellow of the Royal Society in 1953 and was knighted in 1954.
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