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John Carver Meadows Frost known as "Jack" (1915 in
Walton-on-Thames,
England – 9 October 1979 in
Auckland, New Zealand) was a
British aircraft designer. His primary contributions centred on pioneering supersonic British experimental aircraft and as the chief designer who shepherded Canada's first jet fighter project, the
Avro Canada CF-100, to completion. He was also the major force behind the
Avro Canada VTOL aircraft projects, particularly as the unheralded creator of the Avro Canada flying saucer projects.
Early life
Frost's introduction to aviation had begun when he was a teenager. At school in the early 1930s his
Latin teacher
A. Maitland Emmet had taken him up in a
Bristol Fighter. John Frost had been born in Walton-on-Thames near
London in 1915 and had showed an early interest in the sciences at
St. Edward's School, Oxford where he graduated with honours in mathematics, chemistry and physics.
Aviation career
First designs
Frost began his aeronautical career in the 1930s as an apprentice for
Airspeed Limited before he moved on to the
Miles,
Westland,
Blackburn and
Slingsby companies. In 1937, Frost had designed the fuselage of the new Westland
Whirlwind fighter. At Blackburn, he had been involved with the design and construction of their pre-war
wind tunnel. While working for Slingsby Sailplanes from 1939–1942, he met...
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