Geoffrey Higges
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Geoffrey Higges

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Geoffrey Edwin Higges 20 Willow Crescent, Campbelltown, South Australia 5074, Australia Phone/Fax +61 (0)8 83654240 Email: webmaster@livingtravel.com 1931 Born to Edwin Higginbottom and Sylvia (nee Jones), 36 Runnymede Road, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK; from 1936 attended Intake Primary School, Doncaster; christened in Church of England 1940-1945 Evacuated to Australia on the Polish ship Batory (due to imminent invasion of England by Nazi forces) - 10 weeks journey ; stayed with foster family Percy and Mollie McCann, 16 Guthrie St, Melbourne, Victoria; attended SW Brunswick State School, then Brunswick Technical College; attended Methodist Church 1942 Evacuated to regional Cockatoo for 10 months (after Darwin/Sydney raids by Japanese) SEE AMAZON KINDLE BOOK "OUT OF THE FRYING PAN" 1946 Returned to England on RMS Aquitania (longest serving UK ship of 20th cent.) - looked like the Titanic 1946-1949 Back with my mother, father, brother Antony in Doncaster, UK, after WWII; confirmed in the Church of England 1949-1951 National Service in the RAF, commissioned as Pilot Officer, trained as fighter pilot 1951-1957 Fighter Pilot with 616 Squadron at RAF Finningley, UK, on Gloster Meteors, then 501 Squadron at RAF Filton, UK, on De Havilland Vampires and Gloster Meteors SEE AMAZON KINDLE BOOK "HOW METEORS HIT THE GROUND" 1951-1954 University of Leeds - honours degree in Mechanical Engineering 1954-1958 Flight Test Engineer with Bristol Aero Engines at Filton, responsible (a) for the flight testing of the Olympus jet engine in the flying test bed Canberra and in the Avro Vulcan - flying as engineer with test pilot (this engine developed for the Concorde), and (b) for the flight testing of the Orpheus jet engine in the Folland Gnat Light Fighter and in 3 European fighter aircraft (this engine developed for the Harrier jump-jet) 1958-1964 Airline Pilot with Trans Australia Airlines based in Adelaide (DC3 on east coast routes, local SA routes and outback survey flying), and then Swissair based in Zurich (Douglas DC6B on Far East routes, and then the French Sud Est Caravelle on European routes) 1959 Married; 1961 daughter Gail born in Switzerland; 1970 divorced; changed name; baptised by immersion by Barry Chant of the Christian Revival Crusade 1964-1991 Engineering Lecturer and eventual Head of the School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering at the University of South Australia, Adelaide and Whyalla; during this time also carried out many consulting jobs for local industry, including efficiency survey for Mobil Oil Refinery, design of air conditioning and hot/cold water systems for hotel and theatres; final year lecturer of design of large engineering systems (eg aircondition for a large building, vhemical engineering plant like an oil refinery); officially retired at end of 1991 1970 Masters Degree in Structural Engineering at Adelaide University 1971 Developed world first solution for the analysis of rocket exhausts (velocities, temperatures, shape of plumes for various scenarios) for the Australian Defence Department at DSTO Salisbury; met Carole-Anne Fooks, attended Windsor Gardens Church of Christ with her, this church becoming Modbury Church of Christ which I still attend with her, and for which I have been Administrator, Music Coordinator and drummer, and for which I designed and managed the web site for many years 1974 Masters Degree in computer design of large systems (such as oil refineries, air conditioning and hot & cold water networks) at the University of Illinois, USA. 1976-2011 Married Carole-Anne Fooks at Magill Church of Christ, South Australia 1976-1999 Played trombone in St.John's Ambulance Band & Banksia Park Concert Band; top of Flinders Street Certificate Music Course, composing several instrumental pieces of music; credit in 6th Grade AMEB, composed many Christian Choral works eg cantatas and songs (the latter's copyright having been given to the church), Carole-Anne writing the words; attended several Christian music workshops for composing and singing. 1992-2001 Various business activities in Service Stations, Energy Management, Internet and other; played golf once a week, got hole in one 2002 and 2011; Webmaster of several websites including the church's, and livingtravel.com which has over 30,000 of our photos; wrote 2 crossword books, and "Accidents Would Happen" about my experience in the air force; hobbies now: photography, video and films of travels, golf, teaching English; got a black Siamese cat called "Stealth", several Kindle books, several Amazon "Createspace" books. Best selling books "How Meteors Hit the Ground" ed 1 and 2. Internet/Websites Search "Geoffrey Higges" for dozens of entries in Google (don't forget the e in Higges!).
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