Background
Webb, Gregory Frank was born on January 25, 1921 in Bristol, England. Son of Llewellyn Frank and Catherine Ellen (Baker) Webb.
Webb, Gregory Frank was born on January 25, 1921 in Bristol, England. Son of Llewellyn Frank and Catherine Ellen (Baker) Webb.
Higher national certified aeronautical engineering, Medway Technology College, Gillingham, Kent, England, 1946.
Apprentice, inspector, draughtsman, Short Brothers (Rochester & Bedford) Ltd., Rochester, England, Swindon, England, 1936-1947; chief draughtsman, Navarro Aircraft Construction Company, Heston, Middlesex., England, 1947-1948; project and development engineer, British South America, British Overseas, British European Airways Corps., London, 1948-1957; senior design engineer, Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd., Coventry, Warwicks., England, 1958-1959; Research and Development engineer, Pressed Steel-Fisher Ltd., Cowley, Oxford., England, 1960-1968; project engineer, Dredge & Marine Ltd., Penryn, Cornwall., England, 1971-1977; technical author, illustrator, Hunting Engineering Ltd., Ampthill, Bedford., England, 1979-1986. Analyst engineering design Science Research Council, London, 1967-1968. Press officer Council Engineering Institutions, West of England Group, 1976-1978.
Corresponding member Association Engineering & Shipbldg. Draughtsman, Rochester, 1945-1947. Founding-member Air-Britain, The Airship Association, London, 1970's, RAES Management Studies Group, London, 1960's, Short Brothers Commemoration Society, Rochester, Kent, 1997, International Civil Aviation Archives Center, Westbury, Wiltshire, 1998.
Instructor Air Training Corps, 1974-1977. Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate, 50 Year certified 1997). Member Engineering Council (chartered engineer), Chartered Management Institute, Royal Aeronautical Society (honorary secretary Medway chapter 1945-1947, 50 Year certified 1993).
Married Marguerite Smith, July 4, 1997.