An interview with….. Arthur Webb FRAeS on stressing the Armstrong-Whitworth Argosy and the Lockheed C5 Galaxy wings

Royal Aeronautical Society Podcast · May 28, 2025 · 50m

Stressing the 3-spar wing Armstrong-Whitworth Series 220 Argosy and the massive Lockheed C5 Galaxy wings was a fascinating way for an aero engineer in his twenties and early thirties to begin his career. As well as describing the design challenges, including the Argosy’s early use of bonded composites, Arthur shares what it was like during the brain drain: firstly working on the Galaxy for a UK contractor, before then moving to the USA with his young family and experiencing the racial tensions of 1960s Georgia.

Between working on the two freighters, he was selected as one of the few that…