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Geoffrey Higges has been retired 23 years and is finally writing a little of his life's experiences. He lives in Adelaide, Australia with his wife of 40 years Carole-Anne Fooks plus an Ebony Oriental cat and a Leopard-spotted Bengal cat. He was born in England in 1931 and spent 5 1/2 years in Australia with foster parents during WWII. He returned to Australia in 1958, and daughter Gail was born in Zurich in 1961 when Geoffrey was flying with Swissair. Brief CV: 1949-1951 National Service, trained as fighter pilot; 1951-1957 Fighter Pilot on Meteor 8's with 616 Squadron at RAF Finningley, then 501 Squadron at RAF Filton on Vampires and Meteors. 1951-1954 University of Leeds - B.Sc. hons. Mechanical Engineering; 1954-1958 Senior Flight Test Engineer with Bristol Aero Engines at Filton, responsible for the flight testing and performance development of the Olympus jet engine in the flying test bed Canberra and in the Avro Vulcan (this engine developed for the Concorde), and similarly for the Orpheus jet engine in the Folland Gnat and in 3 European fighter aircraft (this engine developed for the Harrier jump-jet). 1958-1960 Pilot with Trans Australia Airlines on DC3's; 1961-1964 Pilot with Swissair based in Zurich (Douglas DC6B on Far East routes, and then the French Sud Est jet Caravelle on European routes). 1970 Masters Degree in Structural Engineering at Adelaide University; 1971 Developed world first solution for the analysis of rocket exhausts (velocities, temperatures, shape of plumes). 1974 Masters Degree in computer design of large thermofluid industrial systems, University of Illinois, USA 1964-1991 Engineering Lecturer and eventual Head of the School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering at the University of South Australia, Adelaide and Whyalla; during this time carried out many consulting jobs for local industry.

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