BWMT Historical Howden
The Trust is a Registered Charity and the main objectives are to widen public knowledge and understanding of the work of Sir Barnes Wallis and to encourage the education, particularly of the young people, in the fields of engineering and technology, The Trust has the active support of the Sir Barnes Wallis family.
The Trust was formed in 1986 at Howden in East Yorkshire by some local residents who realised that many people living in Howden were not aware that Barnes Wallis lived in Howden while he was in charge of the design and construction of the R-100 airship in the 1920's.
Other aviation work included the use of geodetic principles in aircraft structures; the design of Tallboy and Grandslam bombs; early research in swing-wing aircraft and very high speed airliners.
Non-aviation work included problems of trawlers freezing and capsizing; submarines for freight transport and the design of light weight callipers for use by children suffering from polio.
There was a lot more to Barnes Wallis than the "Dambusters Bouncing Bombs".
The Trust had a very propular permanent exhibition about the Life and Work of Sir Barnes Wallis. But at pesent we are looking for new premises due to problems with the Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington,
For further details about the Trust contact the Trust's Chairman, Mr. Peter Rix
e-mail, rix@pandcrix.freeserve.co.uk
For the dedicated web site for the Barnes Wallis Memorial Trust go to- http://www.barneswallistrust.org