1997 Death Kenneth WIlliam Gatland, aerospace scientist, dies at 73 1994 Death Lewis Boddington, aerospace Engineer, dies at 85 1993 Event British Aerospace 147 crash at Yinchuan, 55 killed 1986 Event NASA awards study contracts to 5 aerospace firms 1977 Event British Aerospace forms 1962 Event 1st flight Vickers (British Aerospace) VC-10 long-range airliner 1943 Birthday Burt Rutan, born in Estacada, Oregon, Elbert Leander Burt Rutan, inventor, aerospace engineer, created the Voyager, the first plane to fly around the world without stopping or refueling, and SpaceShipOne, which entered space two times in fourteen days 1931 Birthday R. P. Bauman, CEO, British Aerospace 1924 Birthday Kenneth WIlliam Gatland, aerospace scientist 1917 Birthday John Cunningham, executive director, British Aerospace 1917 Birthday Robert Cowans, executive director, British Aerospace 1917 Birthday Allen Greenwood, deputy CEO, British Aerospace 1917 Birthday Frederick Page, CEO, British Aerospace Aircraft Group 1907 Birthday Lewis Boddington, aerospace engineer
