William Littlewood was an aeronautical engineer noted for his contributions to the design and operational requirements of transport aircraft. He graduated from

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in 1920 and was the only person to preside over both

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and AIAA, two of the main aerospace professional organizations. He won the

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in 1935 for a paper on the operational requirements of transports and is memorialized by the

"William Littlewood Memorial Lecture", and was a recipient of

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in 1958 ''For leadership and continuous personal participation over a quarter of a century in developing the equipment and operating techniques of air transport.''

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