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Geoff Wilde was born on 21 May, 1917. Discover Geoff Wilde's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 90 years old?
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21 May, 1917 |
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Geoff Wilde Height, Weight & Measurements
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He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Geoff Wilde Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Geoff Wilde worth at the age of 90 years old? Geoff Wilde’s income source is mostly from being a successful . He is from . We have estimated
Geoff Wilde's net worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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For most of his life he lived at Turnditch in Derbyshire. During the war years he lodged with Ernest Townsend and his family in Coxbench, Derbyshire. In 1996 he was awarded an honorary DTech degree by Loughborough University.
He retired from Rolls-Royce in 1978. He was appointed OBE in 1969. From the Royal Society he received the Mullard Award in 1979 for his work on the RB211. He died in August 2007 aged 90.
He made great improvements to the design of the high-pressure (HP) turbine blade, and this design is still in Rolls-Royce engines today, and other manufacturers. He also set up the High Temperature Demonstrator Unit (HTDU) in 1972 to investigate cooling of turbine blades and thermal fatigue. All airliners today carry this technology.
In 1960, he formed a new department to investigate new projects. He chose a new three-shaft design, which was launched as the RB211. He proposed its wide chord fan blade to obtain maximum aerodynamic efficiency. He was not responsible for all of the project, and when Hyfil carbon-fibre (developed at the RAE) was chosen for the fan blade, he said that this material would not be strong enough in the case of a bird strike. This was found to be experimentally true, at great cost to the project and to Rolls-Royce.
In 1956, he set up the Advanced Projects Design Office. Work from this department produced the Medway (cancelled) and Spey engines.
In 1947, he was put in charge of the design and development of the AJ65 Avon axial-flow jet engine. It had had difficulties with compressor blades breaking. He produced solutions for the design for the multi-stage compressor of the Avon, one of R-R's most successful jet engines.
In 1943, he was put in charge of the supercharger and compressor department at Derby.
In 1938 he joined Rolls-Royce Limited in Derby where he did much of the design work for their compressors. While working on test beds for the Merlin engines, he proposed a variable-speed supercharger, to increase the performance at altitude, that was subsequently incorporated in the Merlin XX. He helped Stanley Hooker to design and develop the Merlin two-stage supercharger used in the Merlin 60-series.
Geoffrey Light Wilde OBE (21 May 1917 – 18 August 2007) was a British engineer employed by Rolls-Royce Limited.
