Dr. David Warren. 96th Birthday of Australian research scientist, the inventor of the flight data, and voice recording technology, commonly known as “the black box”, a virtually indestructible device that has helped save the lives of countless travelers around the globe.
He was born on 20 March, 1925, on a remote Groote Eylandt, off the northern coast of Australia. David Warren, went on to receive his doctorate in fuels and energy research, from London’s Imperial College.
After returning to Australia, he embarked on a 31-year career, with the Commonwealth’s Aeronautical Research Laboratories in Melbourne.
In 1953, the ARL, was tasked with investigating a mysterious crash, of the world’s first jet-powered commercial aircraft. Confronted with the difficult task of reconstructing what went wrong, Dr. Warren had an ingenious idea.
He envisioned a voice recording device, that could capture cockpit conversations in real-time, providing critical insight into what happened before a crash, to help prevent the same problems in the future.
Facing initial skepticism, Dr. Warren developed an experimental prototype on his own, creating the world’s first “black box”, (though his model was actually painted red).
The rudimentary device became the first, with the capability to store audio, in combination with flight instrument data,....
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