Peter Hearne
Peter Ambrose Hearne FREng (14 November 1927 – 24 January 2014) was a British engineer, who developed a lot of the technology for head-up displays (HUD). He was Chairman of GEC Avionics.
Early life
[edit]He was born in Sunderland.
He attended the Loughborough College of Technology (now Loughborough University) where he studied Aeronautical Engineering, and Cranfield Institute of Technology (now Cranfield University) from 1947.
Career
[edit]He joined BOAC in 1949 and BEA in 1954, where he worked as an aerodynamicist.
GEC Avionics
[edit]He became deputy general manager of Marconi Avionics in 1960. He became general manager in 1966.
Personal life
[edit]He married in April 1952 and had three sons; his wife was the secretary of the technical director of BOAC. He lived at Wateringbury. He enjoyed gliding. He died in 2014.[1]
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- 1927 births
- 2014 deaths
- Aerodynamicists
- Alumni of Cranfield University
- Alumni of Loughborough University
- British European Airways
- Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering
- General Electric Company
- People from Sunderland
- Engineers from Tyne and Wear
- People of the British Overseas Airways Corporation
- People from Wateringbury