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John Wimpenny (December 3, 1922-April 27, 2015) was an English aeronautical engineer who held the record for the longest human powered flight.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Royal Aeronautical Society - Society News - OBITUARY JOHN WIMPENNY )〕 ==Career== Wimpenny was born in London, growing up in Palmers Green and Winchmore Hill. He attended Minchenden Grammar School in Southgate and in 1958 he moved to St. Albans, Hertfordshire, where he lived for the rest of his life. John Wimpenny's career as an aeronautical engineer began at the de Havilland Aircraft Company in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, in October 1940, and he went on to work on the Mosquito, Tiger Moth, Hornet, Vampire and Comet aircraft projects, becoming Deputy Chief Aerodynamicist in 1957. He later worked for Hawker Siddeley Aviation in the capacity of Chief Research Engineer from 1965. He worked on the development of the Hawker Siddeley HS 125 executive jet and on civil STOL and V/STOL design in co-operation with the Dornier Aircraft Company in Germany. He was promoted to the position of Director of Research at Hawker Siddeley in Hatfield and later became Executive Director of Research at British Aerospace in Kingston upon Thames.
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