Ron Moulton Explained

Ron Moulton
Birth Name:Ronald Godfrey Moulton
Birth Date:15 May 1924
Birth Place:Loughton, Essex, England
Death Place:Bushey, Hertfordshire, England
Nationality:English
Citizenship:United Kingdom
Occupation:author and editor
Spouse:Betty Moulton
Children:a son and two daughters

Ronald Godfrey Moulton (1924–2010) was an English author and editor, notable for his work in the field of scale models and aeromodelling.

Biography

Moulton was born in Loughton Essex in 1924. Watching the Alan Cobham Flying Circus, at the age of 10, inspired his interest in aircraft, and especially in modelling. In 1940, he trained at RAF Halton, initially working on aircraft, before being posted to Pietersberg, South Africa, in order to service Airspeed Oxford monoplanes.

In the post-WW2 period, Moulton was credited with introducing control line models, initially to Great Britain, and then to Continental Europe. Moulton wrote extensively about model aircraft, model engines and kites. He worked as an editorial assistant at the Aeromodeller magazine, becoming its editor in 1959.

Moulton's interest and promotion of human-powered aircraft led to him acting as observer for the Royal Aeronautical Society for the 1979 Kremer prize-winning flight of the Gossamer Albatross across the English Channel. In 1981, he was an observer for the Solar Challenger flight between Pontoise – Cormeilles Aerodrome, north of Paris, to Manston Royal Air Force Base in Manston, Kent.

In retirement, Moulton lived in Bushey, Hertfordshire. He had been married to Betty, who pre-deceased him, and together they had a son and two daughters.

Publications

Moulton's books include:

As author

As co-author

As editor

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