Key Data: Mr. Webb's career has been mainly in
the field of aircraft structural engineering in which he has been
concerned in the design, analysis, testing and certification of
major British civil aircraft. He has been closely involved
with the introduction of carbon fibre composites into aircraft structures
including responsibility and management of the programme for
the design, testing and certification of critical flying components
. Latterly he has managed Research
and Development programmes for composites in the Formula 1 racing
and space industries, and was project manager for the British
contribution to the Inter-Orbit Communications experiment to fly
on EURECA. Following his close involvement in the introduction
of the all-composites car to Formula 1 racing in the world beating
McLaren, he designed, created, staffed and managed a Composites
research and manufacturing facility for Ferrari. Mr Webb
is advanced composites consultant to a number of design and manufacturing
companies and has served at various times on Aeronautical Research
Council Working Parties on Lug Design, and British Plastics Federation
Working Groups on Composites.
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