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Donald Mitchell Healey (3 July 1898 - 13 January 1988) was a noted English rally driver, automobile engineer, and speed record holder. is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Early life
Born in Perranporth, Cornwall, Healey became interested in all things mechanical at an early age, most particularly aircraft. After leaving school he joined Sopwith Aviation Company from where he volunteered for the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and earned his "wings" in 1916. During the First World War, he served on anti-Zeppelin patrols and also as a flying instructor. Perranporth is a popular surfing tourist destination on the north coast of Carrick, Cornwall in England, UK, six miles south-west of the surf resorts of Newquay and six miles east of Porthtowan. ...
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The Sopwith Aviation Company was a British aircraft company that designed and manufactured aeroplanes mainly for the British Royal Flying Corps, Royal Naval Air Service and later Royal Air Force in the First World War, most famously the Sopwith Camel. ...
The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was the over-land air arm of the British military during most of World War I. // Formed by Royal Warrant on 13 May 1912, the RFC superseded the Air Battalion of the Royal Engineers. ...
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Zeppelins are a type of rigid airship pioneered by German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in the early 20th century, based in part on an earlier design by aviation pioneer David Schwarz. ...
Shot down by British anti-aircraft fire on one of the first night bomber missions of the war, he was invalided out of the RFC at the age of 18. He returned to Cornwall and took a correspondence course in automobile engineering. After the war, he opened a garage in Perranporth. American troops man an anti-aircraft gun near the Algerian coastline in 1943 Anti-aircraft, or air defense, is any method of combating military aircraft from the ground. ...
Perranporth is a popular surfing tourist destination on the north coast of Carrick, Cornwall in England, UK, six miles south-west of the surf resorts of Newquay and six miles east of Porthtowan. ...
Automotive achievements In 1931, Donald Healey won the Monte Carlo Rally driving an Invicta. He competed in the Monte Carlo Rally in 1929 (Times:1929) and was in the top eight places in 1932, 1934 and 1936. Stephane Sarrazin driving a Subaru Impreza WRC on the Monte Carlo Rally Carlos Sainz driving a Toyota Corolla WRC on the Monte Carlo Rally Carlssons replica 1963 Monte Carlo Saab 96 rally car at Linköping, on the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee of SAAB in 1997 The Monte...
Invicta cars were made in Cobham, Surrey, England from 1925 to 1933, then in Chelsea, London, England from 1933 to 1938 and finally in Virginia Water, Surrey, England from 1946 to 1950. ...
Stephane Sarrazin driving a Subaru Impreza WRC on the Monte Carlo Rally Carlos Sainz driving a Toyota Corolla WRC on the Monte Carlo Rally Carlssons replica 1963 Monte Carlo Saab 96 rally car at Linköping, on the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee of SAAB in 1997 The Monte...
He gained a reputation as a consultant engineer and designer and was appointed General Manager of the Triumph Motor Company in 1931. He went on to create the renowned Southern Cross and Dolomite 8 models. Triumph Logo (1978 version) 1934 Triumph Gloria Six 1937 Triumph Dolomite Roadster 1974 Triumph GT6 Coupé The Triumph Motor Company had its origins in 1885 when Siegfried Bettmann (1863-1951) and Moritz (Maurice) Schulte founded Bettmann & Co and started selling Triumph bicycles, from premises in London and from 1889 started...
During the Second World War, Healey was in charge of developing an aircraft carburettor for the Ministry of Supply and also worked with Humber on armoured cars. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...
The carburetor (or carburettor, carb for short) is a device which mixes air and fuel for an internal_combustion engine. ...
1926 Humber 9/20 tourer Humber Humber was a British automobile marque which could date its beginnings to Thomas Humbers bicycle company founded in 1868. ...
In 1945, he formed the Donald Healey Motor Company Ltd, based in an old RAF hangar at Warwick. The company developed the Austin-Healey and Austin-Healey Sprite motor cars in licensing arrangement with British Motor Corporation in 1952 and 1959. The Donald Healey Motor Company Ltd was a British car company. ...
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Warwick (pronounced or War-ick (silent w in middle)) is the historic county town of Warwickshire in England and has a population of 25,434 (2001 census). ...
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The Austin-Healey Sprite was a small open sports car designed by Donald Healey. ...
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In 1949, Healey established an agreement with George W. Mason, the president of Nash Motors to build Nash-engined Healey sports cars. The first series of the 2-seaters were built in 1951 and they were designed by Healey. The Nash-Healey's engine was a Nash Ambassador 6-cylinder, the body was aluminum, and the chassis was a Healey Silverstone. However, Pininfarina restyled the bodywork for 1952 and took over the production of its new steel body. George Walter Mason (b. ...
Also see: Kelvinator and American Motors Corporation Nash Motors was an automobile manufacturer based in Kenosha, Wisconsin in the United States from 1916 to 1938. ...
The Nash-Healey was a two seat sports car, built in partnership between Nash Kelvinator Corporation, and British auto enthusiast Donald Healey between 1951 and 1954. ...
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The Donald Healey Motor Company Ltd was a British car company. ...
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Later life When BMC was taken over by British Leyland in 1966, Donald Healey became chairman of Jensen Motors and was made a CBE 1938 Jensen 3. ...
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross (GBE) Knight Commander...
Donald Healey died at the age of 89.
Recognitions In 1962 he received the Médaille de l’Éducation Physique et des Sports (1ère Cl.) in Monaco.
In 1996, he was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame. The International Motorsports Hall of Fame is a Hall of Fame dedicated to enshrining those who have contributed the most to auto racing either as a driver, owner, developer or engineer. ...
Family life In 1921, Donald Healey married Ivy Maud James and they had three sons.
He bought the 27 acre Trebah Estate, near Falmouth, Cornwall in 1961 and carried out many ambitious projects there, including the building of commercial greenhouses to grow orchids and a project to build air/sea rescue inflatables. He demolished the concrete covering of the beach of Polgwidden Cove (a D-Day invasion launch-pad) and used the salvaged material to surface a steep track from the house to the beach. (Hibbert, 2005). He sold Trebah in 1971. View with new bridge, July 2005 Trebah is a 26-acre sub-tropical garden situated in Cornwall near Glendurgan Garden and above the Helford River (grid reference SW767273). ...
His son, Geoffrey, born in 1922 and a former pupil of Warwick School, wrote several books about the cars and one about their partnership (see below). Geoffrey Cannon Healey (1922-1994), British car designer, was born in Perranporth, Cornwall, the son of Donald Healey and his wife Maud, on December 14th 1922. ...
The Myton Road frontage of Warwick School, dating from 1879 Warwick School is an independent school for boys in Warwick, England, and is reputed to be the third-oldest surviving school in the country after Kings School, Canterbury and St. ...
Memorial at Trebah The Austin Healey Club[1] has placed a small monument, in the form of a sports car, and an inscribed plaque, as a memorial to Donald Healey in the garden of Trebah, which is now open to the public, next to the Visitor Centre.
 Donald Healey Memorial at Trebah Gardens
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References - 'The Healey Story: A Dynamic Father and Son Partnership and Their World-beating Cars'. Geoffrey Healey ISBN 0-85429-949-1. G.T.Foulis & Co (1996) (Haynes Group)
- 'Austin Healey - The Story of the Big Healeys'. Geoffrey Healey ISBN 0-85614-051-1. Gentry Books Limited
- All-time Greats of British and Irish Sport (April 2004: online – KnowUK)
- Who was Who (May 2003: online in KnowUK')
- Biography of Healey on Austin Healy Club Website
- ^ Austin Healey Club
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Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Geoffrey Cannon Healey (1922-1994), British car designer, was born in Perranporth, Cornwall, the son of Donald Healey and his wife Maud, on December 14th 1922. ...
Geoffrey Cannon Healey (1922-1994), British car designer, was born in Perranporth, Cornwall, the son of Donald Healey and his wife Maud, on December 14th 1922. ...
See also Jensen-Healey The Jensen Healey is a convertible sports car that was originally produced between 1972 and 1976 by Jensen Motors, Ltd. ...
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