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About Bill Strang (engineer)
- William John Strang, CBE, FRS, FREng, FRAeS (29 June 1921 – 14 September 1999) was a British aerospace engineer.
- He worked for all of his professional career in the aerospace industry, mostly at Filton, Bristol, and was Technical Director (Commercial Aircraft) of British Aerospace until he retired in 1983.
- From 1983 until 1990 he was Chairman of the Civil Aviation Airworthiness Requirements Board.
- He was appointed a CBE in 1973; and in 1997 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
- Strang was a major influence on the innovation and the aerodynamic design of Concorde and in 1977 was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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