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Sir Sydney Camm, CBE, FRAeS (5 August 189312 March 1966) was an English aeronautical engineer who contributed to many Hawker aircraft designs, from the biplanes of the 1920s to jet fighters. One particularly notable aircraft he designed is the Hawker Hurricane fighter. ==Early years== Sydney Camm was born at 10 Alma Road in Windsor, Berkshire, the eldest child of the twelve children of Frederick Camm, a carpenter/joiner and Mary Smith.〔McKinstry 2010, p. 21.〕 The Camm family lived near Windsor & Eton Central railway station. His brother Frederick James Camm became a technical author, and created the ''Practical Wireless'' magazine. In 1901 he began attending the Royal Free School on Bachelors Acre in Windsor (The Royal Free school became the Royal Free Middle School with the secondary school becoming the Princess Margaret Royal Free School on Bourne Avenue). In 1906 he was granted a Foundation Scholarship. In 1908 Camm left school to become an apprentice carpenter. Camm developed an interest in aeronautics, Camm and his brothers began building model aircraft which they supplied to Herberts' Eton High Street shop. After finding that they could obtain a higher price they began making direct sales to boys at Eton College, which were delivered in secret to avoid attracting the attention of Herbert's and the school authorities. These activities led him to being one of the founders of the Windsor Model Aeroplane Club in early 1912.〔McKinstry 2010, p. 22.〕 His accomplishments as a model aeroplane builder culminated in a man-carrying glider which he and others at the club built in 1912.〔("Biography of Sir Sydney Camm." ) ''The Royal Windsor Website''. Retrieved: 26 March 2015.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sydney Camm」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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