IMechE Engineering Heritage Award
March 8th, 2018

Dr John Wood (Past IMechE President, 2010) presented an IMechE Engineering Heritage Award to Daniel Kendrick of Safran.  Daniel had authored the application to the IMechE for the Engineering Heritage Award. The award was for the Dowty Internally Sprung Wheel, this technological achievement was patented by George Dowty in 1929 and first used on the Kawasaki KDA5 in 1931.

After the presentation and speeches the celebration continued with a guided tour of the modern manufacturing facilities. 

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Further information can be found through the IMechE's web-page for the Engineering Heritage Awards, linked here.


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