Alec David Young

In December 1931 he sat for examination at Cambridge University and was successful at winning an Exhibition to Gonville and Caius College.

In order to achieve matriculation in one of the classical languages, a condition of entry at the time, he was obliged to make an intense study of Latin over a 6 month period and was duly awarded a School Certificate in the subject in June 1932.

After graduation he continued study with Melvill Jones who had written "The Streamline Aeroplane" for the Royal Aeronautical Society in 1929.

The work sought to determine high-speed flow characteristics in inlets, curved and straight ducts, and diffusers.

Another project attempted noise control of jet engines by modification of the efflux nozzle to improve mixing with external flow.

He formally retired in 1978 but continued to be very active academically with some collaborations on the research front, with consultancy both in the UK and abroad, guest lectures and the authorship of articles and several books.

He was awarded the Ludwig-Prandtl-Ring from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt (German Society for Aeronautics and Astronautics) for "outstanding contribution in the field of aerospace engineering" in 1976.