Interview of Dr. J.J. Green by Tim Sims. Subjects discussed include: Green as chief RCAF test engineer in 1944; NRC advertised aeronautics research in nature; 1930 and wind tunnel and testing tank engine lab; Rideau Falls generated 600 h.p. for wind tunnel; staff helped design Sussex Drive Labs that were opened in 1932; Sussex Drive housed all except Engineering Division with the expansion of the Edwards Mills facilities; early RCAF/NRC cooperation especially work in the 1930s for the RCAF balance of the Canadian aviation industry; Bellanca Pacemaker for RCAF - a float equipped aircraft unstable to drive; how to carry a canoe on aircraft and aircraft skis where old one were aerodynamically unstable; a new streamlined ski was invented with internal self-trimming equipment; RCAF was expert during 1930s in aerial photo-survey, using multi-camera mounts with NRC designed fairings; wind tunnel tests, especially for Fairchild Super 71 and Fairchild Sekani and Bernelli flying wing; F. Percy Hyde Beadle; military work increased near 1939 with the Gregor fighter, Northrop Delta fighter modification and bombs; engine lab type testing and anti-knock fuels, water injection, and cold weather operation; Montreal Road wind tunnel, spinning tunnel, new engine lab, fuel and oil lab, aircraft structures lab, the new machine shop, and new ship testing tank; RCAF needed operational research for Commonwealth Air Training Plan; Fairchild engineer, Elsie McGill tested the Super 71 at the NRC; key Canadian aero engineers in 1930s and 1940s: Wing Commander E.W. Stedman, Alan Ferrier, Oliver Adams, Art James, Howie Rees, Jack Dyment and Charlie Crossland; NRC Associate Committee on Aero research - Green became its secretary in 1930 under chairman; functions were to advise NRC research and national clearing house for info; members included: James Young and F.P. Hyde Beadle; in 1935, RCAF advanced training as pilot at Rockcliffe in Hawker Tomtit from Flight Lieutenant Elmer Fullerton; in 1937 Green trained at Camp Borden under Fleet trainer Claude Morrison; Green's NRC staff increased including John Orr, R.D. Richmond, R.H. Guthrie, W.F. Campbell, G.S. Levy, Vince Griffin and Joe Van Damm; in 1943, Green was frustrated by the remoteness from war so A.V.M. Ferrier recruited Green as chief engineer in Rockcliffe after 6 weeks of officer training; main achievement was performance determination by Indicated Weight method for Lockheed Ventura; in 1945, Green was assigned to new Air Transport Board with Ferrier and part-time chairman R.A.C. Henry; Green was chief aero engineer of the Air Transport Board set up by C.D. Howe to spite Board of Transport Commissioners; Green became a Canadian delegate with J.H. Parkin, of the Commonwealth Advisory Aero Research Council; Green went to Washington as defense research attaché and Joint Staffs DRB member; Green chaired the International Council of Aeronautical Sciences executive board for 8 years; in 1954, the Canadian Aeronautical Institute was created and Green was its first president; in 1959, Green became Chief Superintendent of the Canadian Armament Research and Development Establishment (CARDE) in Valcartier; in 1963, Green became research director of inertial navigation systems at Litton Systems; in 1939, the Aeronautical Museum was opened at Sussex Drive, and in 1954 the Associate Committee on the National Aviation Museum, for which Green was vice-chairman, displayed part of NRC collection at Uplands air terminal. <1h 13mn>
