Gustavus Green, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Gustavus Green

British aerospace engineer

Date of Birth: 11-Mar-1865

Place of Birth: London Borough of Hounslow, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 29-Dec-1964

Profession: engineer, aerospace engineer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Gustavus Green

  • Gustavus Green (11 March 1865 – 29 December 1964) was a British engineer who made significant contributions to the design of early aircraft engines. He was born in Hounslow on 11 March 1865.
  • He opened a bicycle factory in Bexhill-on-Sea, and in 1905 he built his first lightweight, water-cooled aircraft engine.
  • He established the Green Engine Co.
  • to produce them.
  • Green engines were much used by pioneers of British aviation like Alliott Verdon Roe and Samuel Cody.
  • But his later engines were too heavy for the aircraft of the time.
  • They were used to power torpedo boats during World War I. In 1909, Green was awarded a £1,000 prize by the British government for his work on aero engines, and he was awarded another prize of £5,000 in 1914. After World War II, Green became involved in the development of the 'flexible deck' concept for aircraft carriers.
  • His ideas for such a deck culminated in the successful landing of a de Havilland Sea Vampire, flown by Eric "Winkle" Brown, on an experimental rubber deck installed on HMS Warrior. Green became an honorary companion of the Royal Aeronautical Society in 1958.
  • He died in December 1964 at his home in Twickenham, only a few months before what would have been his 100th birthday.

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