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Sir Arthur Marshall, who turned a 1920s auto garage business into Marshall of Cambridge, the international aerospace engineering company, died 16 March. He was 103. Among his many accomplishments was the development of a World War II flight instruction syllabus, which led to 20,000 Royal Air Force pilots and instructors being rapidly trained, and an aircraft repair division, which returned more than 5,000 aircraft to service during World War II. After the war, Sir Arthur turned the company into a world-class aerospace engineering firm. Although Marshalls (now Marshall Aerospace) was noted for its air-to-air refueling systems, it is also known for designing and building the droop nose for the Concorde supersonic airliner. Sir Arthur also established the technical center for the RAF’s Hercules and TriStar fleets. He retired from Marshall in 1989.
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