Richard Abbott

Current

Owner at Abbott Aerospace Inc.

Past

Senior Structural Integrity Engineer at Diamond Aircraft
Senior Stress Engineer/Stress Group Lead (contractor) at SONACA
Senior Stress Engineer (contractor) at Sino Swearingen Aircraft Corporation

Stress Engineer (contractor) at Morson Projects

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Education

The Manchester Metropolitan University
Shelley High School

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Aviation & Aerospace

Websites

My Company

Richard Abbott’s Summary

Aircraft structures consultant with experience of development and life extension programs for Part 23 and Part 25 composite/metalllic civil and military aircraft.
Worked at senior technical level managing stress, loads, liaison and structural compliance functions. I have contracted and consulted in the UK, Europe, Canada and the USA.

I enjoy using my technical and business experience in new environments and situations.

No challenge too daunting, no detail too trivial.......

Richard Abbott’s Specialties:

Stress engineering and stress group leadership, substantiation by analysis, test and correllation between the two, compliance planning and reporting, liaison engineering and liaison group leadership.
Project and commercial management, know-how transfer.

Richard Abbott’s Experience

Owner

Abbott Aerospace Inc.

(Privately Held; Airlines/Aviation industry)

January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)

Aircraft Structures Consultancy Group:
- Metallic and Composite Part 23 and Part 25 Aircraft.
- Analysis, Design, Project Management, Certification.
www.abbottaerospace.com

Current Projects:

- Loads and Stress Engineering for Amphibious Composite Kit Aircraft (Eric B Robinson Ltd)
- Stress analysis of bulkheads and cabinets - 737 VIP Interior (Aerosciences/Gore Design)
- Substantiation, Design, Certification and Tooling for modifications to DA42 for installation of surveillance equipment (client name withheld)
- Floor Pallet Stress Analysis (Aerolution Inc./Gore Design)

Previous Projects:
- Structures Engineering for composite VLJ (Diamond Aircraft)
- Structures engineering support for piston production line (Diamond Aircraft)
- Custom Interiors Qualification (Client name witheld)
- Requirements and Specifications for interiors mechanical system development (Applied Aerodynamics)
- Diamond DA42L structures engineering for new engine installation and numerous options
- Structural Substantiation for major aft fuselage modification to Challenger CL604 (Aerosciences Inc., Avcon)
- General Structures, Loads and Compliance work (Star Systems Inc - Hermes Shuttle Project)
- Wing Modification Package (Emivest Aerospace Corporation)
- Integrated interiors FE loads model. Review and update of Interior bulkhead Stress Analysis (Aerosciences/Gore Design)
Senior Structural Integrity Engineer

Diamond Aircraft

(Privately Held; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

May 2005 — January 2008 (2 years 9 months)

(Ontario, Canada) Senior technical role, responsible for Stress, Loads, Liaison and Structural Compliance for Part 23 Composite personal jet.
Senior Stress Engineer/Stress Group Lead (contractor)

SONACA

(Privately Held; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

March 2003 — May 2005 (2 years 3 months)

(Charleroi, Belgium) Responsible for stress analysis for wing front spar and fixed leading edge for the Dassault F7X. Included Primary structure, mechanical systems and secondary structure.
Senior Stress Engineer (contractor)

Sino Swearingen Aircraft Corporation

(Privately Held; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

August 2001 — March 2003 (1 year 8 months)

(Texas, United States) Writing mid and aft fuselage certification static stress reports for 7 seat business jet. Supporting flight test and manufacturing.
Troubleshooting non-confirmity issues for QA.
Stress Engineer (contractor)

Morson Projects

(Privately Held; Government Administration industry)

1994 — 2001 (7 years )

(United Kingdom) Aircraft structures engineering work, static and fatigue, for mulitple civil and military aircraft projects.
Specialised in life extension programs for military aircraft.

Richard Abbott’s Education

The Manchester Metropolitan University

Bachelors , Mechanical Engineering , 1989 — 1992
Shelley High School

1985 — 1989

Additional Information

Richard Abbott’s Websites:

My Company

Richard Abbott’s Interests:

Musicianship and music, modern military history, sociolology. Fall 2008 - Edited and Mixed track 'Slasher Horror' on behalf of UK band 'The Planets' for Sony Entertainment Europe for Soundtrack of 'Motorstorm 2' PS3 game.