Background
Chacksfield, John Edward was born on March 28, 1935 in Dorking, Surrey, England. Son of Stanley and Ida Lillah (Holland) Chacksfield.
Chacksfield, John Edward was born on March 28, 1935 in Dorking, Surrey, England. Son of Stanley and Ida Lillah (Holland) Chacksfield.
Graduate, Hatfield Technology College, 1958.
Aerodynamicist Beagle Aircraft, Shoreham, England, 1961-1964. Senior engineer Hawker Siddely Aviation, Hatfield, England, 1964-1967. Chief aerodynamicist Miles Aviation & Transport (Research and Development) Ltd., Shoreham, 1967-1972.
Senior engineer British Aircraft Corporation, Warton, England, 1972-1978. Senior project engineer Short Brothers, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1978-1983. Group leader British Aerospace, Kingston, England, 1983-1995.
Part-time lecturer Cranfield (England) University, since 1994.
Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate), British Interplanetary Society. Member Royal AerospaceSoc. (Busk prize for aerudynamics 1981).
Married Agnes Catherine Maureen Boal, March 4, 1967. 1 child, Catherine Anne.