Janet Gulland

[2] Gulland attended Berkhamsted Girls School and then went to Lady Margaret Hall at the University of Oxford in 1953.

[3] Gulland then took up a position in Vickers-Armstrongs’ Aerodynamics Department, where she was involved in wind tunnel studies.

[3] In her early career she flew on several test flights including for the Vickers VC10 and Valiant V-bomber aircraft.

[2][3] She also enjoyed opera, concerts, theatre and exhibitions and travelled extensively with Sue, her partner for nearly 50 years.

[2] Her extensive collection of documents and photographs, recording her own career and evidencing her support for encouraging more women into engineering, was donated by Sue to Brooklands Museum.