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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-25 human Rosanne Walker updated 2025-12-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004047b.htm person Warren David Ronald AACR2 20 March 1925 19 July 2010 Place of Birth Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia Place of Death Caulfield, Victoria, Australia Engineer David R. Warren, of Aeronautical Research Laboratories, developed the prototype of the black box flight recorder in 1954. The idea was rejected by the Australian Department of Civil Aviation and the Royal Australian Air Force and the product was commercialised by an American company. The flight recorder unit is now standard equipment on all commercial airlines and in many military aircraft throughout the world. 1944 1946 Career position - Teacher of mathematics and chemistry, Geelong Grammar School, Victoria 1947 1948 Career position - Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Sydney 1948 1951 Career position - Scientific Officer, Woomera Rocket Range and Imperial College, London 1952 1983 Career position - Principal Research Scientist, Aeronautical Research Laboratories, Melbourne 1958 1983 Career position - Chairman, Australian and New Zealand Section, Combustion Institute 1981 1982 Career position - Scientific Advisor (Energy) to the Victorian Government 1999 1999 Award - AIE Medal, Australian Institute of Energy 2000 2000 Award - Hartnett Medal, Royal Society of the Arts, United Kingdom 1 Jan 2001 1 Jan 2001 Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society in the aviation industry 2001 2001 Award - Lawrence Hargrave Award, Royal Aeronautical Society, United Kingdom 2002 2002 Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - for service to the aviation industry, particularly through the early conceptual work and prototype development of the 'Black Box' flight data recorder Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Commonwealth of Australia (1921 - ) Aeronautical Research Laboratories, Department of Supply and Development (1949 - 1994)

Principal Research Scientist 1952 - 1983

 Australian Institute of Energy (1977 - )

Awarded the AIE Medal 1999

 Warren, Grace (1929 - ) Warren, David R.

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 'Warren, David Ronald', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Warren, David Ronald Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Australia's Greatest Inventions and Innovations Knight, Linsay and Cheng, Christopher Australia's Greatest Inventions and Innovations North Sydney, N.S.W. Random House Australia 2012 Journal Article: Safety features for aircraft. Genocchio, Edward. Safety features for aircraft. Barton, ACT Institution of Engineers, Australia 2009 Engineers Australia 81 10 34 Book: Black Box: David Warren and the Creation of the Cockpit Voice Recorder Witham, Janice Peterson Black Box: David Warren and the Creation of the Cockpit Voice Recorder South Melbourne Lothian 2005 Journal Article: The black box flight recorder Peake, Owen The black box flight recorder 2019 Engineering Heritage Australia magazine 3 2 16-9 Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000