Donald Spiers

Sir Donald Maurice Spiers, CB TD CEng FREng Hon FRAeS (born 27 January 1934) is a British retired aeronautical engineer and administrator.

Born in Wimbledon, south west London, Spiers was educated at Raynes Park County Grammar School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he read Mechanical Sciences.

Here he worked on operational research, including service in Radfan in Arabia and scientific evaluation trials of the new Hawker Kestrel in 1965.

Returning to England, he held a number of posts, including senior involvement in the projects for the Hawk, Jaguar and Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft programmes.

[3] After National Service in the Royal Engineers,[4] during which he was posted to Egypt with the 16th Parachute Brigade,[1] Spiers served in the Territorial Army, joining in 1954.