David Farrar

During his career he says he was responsible for leading the achievement of the following innovations:

1.    The correct siting of engines on civil aircraft.
2.    Giving staff the skills the project needs.
3.    Faster development through mutual criticism.
4.    Saving the Bristol Aircraft Corporation from bankruptcy.
5.    Last and First.
6.    Becoming Transportable.
7.    Rapid creation of Bloodhound 2.
8.    Joining British Aircraft Corporation.
9.    Creation of the Guided Weapons Division.
10. Spending of Bloodhound profits.
11. Origins of the Rapier missile.
12. On time, on cost.
13. Cost reductions needed now, available now.
14. Process Control by digital computer.
15. Reducing overspent and delayed projects.
16. Billion pounds cost saving at Rolls Royce Bristol.
17. Concorde: no buyers, no profit.
18. Getting Space Shuttle right.
19. Cost reduction through design.

See the details of the above in
New Revelations, Achievement and Innovations
A paper by David Farrar

Links to David's web sites and documents:

1. BAC100 & Australia 2010 (Revised 2015) - Lecture by David
2. Detailed biography on Wikipedia
3. David's tribute to Frederick William 'Taffy' Higginson O.B.E., D.F.C., D.F.M.
4. David's Tribute to J.T. 'Jack' Jeffries - Bristol Aircraft
5. Bloodhound History from talk by David at R.Ae.S 27 Oct 1959 article in Flight
6. 100 Years of Aerospace at Bristol and Today's Skills Needs - Paper by David
7. Rescuing Comlpex Projects from Overspend and Delay - Paper by David
8. A World-First which affects everybody - Paper by David
9. Saving a Thousand Million Pounds at Rolls Royce Bristol - Paper by David
10. Modelling Complex Systems - Paper by David
11. Giving Designers The Skills They Need - Paper by David
12. Create Great Jobs and a Prosperous Britain - Letter and Paper by David Farrar to:
       Jo Johnson - Minister for Universities and Science, UK Parliament
       Naomi Weir - Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE)
13. The Space Shuttle - Paper by David
14. "Now it can be told." BAC 100 : 2010 website 2010.
        David Farrar, the only surviving director of Bristol Aircraft, explains how the company
        was saved financially by the guided weapons' programme.
15. "Vital influence of the Bloodhound", Bristol Post, June 6 2013,
        Article by BEJ Blestowe. This is no longer available on the newspaper website but luckily a copy had been saved and is fully acknowledged. (we are aware of their typographical error)