Hilda Margaret Lyon blue plaque

Market Weighton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Hilda Margaret Lyon 1896-1946 M.A., M.Sc., AFRAeS., Aeronautical Engineer, was born and lived here. She helped design the R101 Airship. The first woman to win the Royal Aeronautical Society Prize, the R38 Memorial Prize. She invented the "Lyon Shape". Her work is still used for stability, software a

nd in Aircraft and Submarine Design.

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