death_date birth_date article_title education name occupation
9 december 1953 -lrb- aged 78 -rrb- 13 november 1875 c. g. grey
 erasmus smith school crystal palace school of engineering charles grey grey aeronautical journalist and activist
c. g. grey

charles grey grey , or c g as he was known -lrb- 13 november 1875 -- 9 december 1953 -rrb- , was the founding editor of the british weekly `` the aeroplane '' and the second editor of `` jane 's all the world 's aircraft '' .
among many honors , he became an honorary companion of the royal aeronautical society .
grey was born on 13 november 1875 and educated at the erasmus smith school in dublin and as an engineer at the crystal palace school of engineering .
grey 's first job was as a staff writer for `` the autocar '' .
his secondary role as the magazine 's aviation specialist resulted in a commission from iliffe and sons , ltd. to edit a penny weekly aviation paper called `` the aero '' .
in 1911 , in partnership with mr e v -lrb- later sir victor -rrb- sassoon , grey founded `` the aeroplane '' , remaining as editor of the influential weekly until november of 1939 .
he was a man of decided opinions as evidenced in his editorials for the magazine over three decades .
unfortunately for him these included strong support for the fascist dictators of italy and germany , which played no small part in his leaving the magazine .
grey took over as editor of the annual issues of `` jane 's all the world 's aircraft '' from 1916 to 1940 .
after leaving `` the aeroplane '' , grey served from 1939 as air correspondent of `` the yorkshire evening post '' and the `` edinburgh evening news '' as well as various overseas journals .
grey also wrote a number of aviation books including '' a history of the air ministry '' -lrb- 1940 -rrb- , `` the luftwaffe '' -lrb- 1944 -rrb- and `` the civil air war '' -lrb- 1945 -rrb- , the latter an opinionated review of likely post-war airline development and britain 's role in that process .
`` anyone who read c g in the ` twenties and ` thirties without having met him might have supposed his critical references , and sometimes perverse and acid comments , reflected his nature and personality .
nothing could have been further from the truth .
as long as we knew him he was a gentle and kindly man , always charming and generous to his friends , among whom he numbered rivals .
today there are men on flight 's staff who recall a kind word of encouragement here or a spot of advice there from the one-and-only c g , particularly when they were taking their first tentative steps in the hard and competitive world of journalism .
his goodwill continued to be reflected in frequent correspondence .
from the first to the last occasion upon which we talked to him , he never once failed to express either an original thought or to reveal an unexpected viewpoint on some current topic .
neither his writing nor his conversation was ever lacking in humour and regardless of one 's age . ''
- flight magazine , 18 december 1953 , published after grey 's death on 9 december 1953 .
