Hilda Margaret Lyon
woman
Aged unknown
Commemorated on 1 plaque
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 and in Aircraft and Submarine Design.
McColls, Market Weighton, United Kingdom where they lived