Richard Canright at ARPA/DARPA

All Canrights are related.  There was once a Richard Canright at ARPA.  Today the institution is called DARPA, but all references to Richard Canright are linked to the ARPA name.  I once flew to Washington, D.C., to present to DARPA on an engineering project.  It is nice to know a relative had once worked at DARPA.

We have this:  "Robert Young recruited Richard B. Canright from Douglas Aircraft, where he had been assistant chief engineer of missile systems.", from this article history.nasa.gov/SP-4404/ch9-6.htm

Searching for "Richard Canright" and "rocket" on Google turns up a number of hits.

We have this:  "In July 1958 von Braun was visited by Dick Canright and Bob Young of ARPA, who informed von Braun they still had $10 million left in their budget to spend before ABMA was turned over to NASA. von Braun called in Koelle, who presented a 1/10 scale model of the Juno V, still equipped with the E-1 engine. Canright and Young noted that the engine wouldn't be ready in time for the handoff, and asked if the rocket could be built with an existing engine instead. Koelle suggested that eight engines from the existing S-3D series could be used in place of the E-1, and everyone approved", from Wikipedia:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-1_%28rocket_engine%29

DARPA TECHNICAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AN HISTORICAL REVIEW OF SELECTED DARPA PROJECTS, Volume I, mentions R. Canright in a few spots:  http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/Science_and_Technology/DARPA/301.pdf

Richard B. Canright was born on October 19, 1917, and died on July 21, 1992 at 74 years old.

I have noticed a lot of Canright are involved in mathematics, science, and engineering, but Canrights do engage in many different vocations.

Robert Canright

Austenland is a Hoot

A Review of the movie Austenland

Austenland is a funny film.  The premise is that ladies can role play at living in the world of a Jane Austen novel.  Jane Hayes (Keri Russell) spends all her money to fly from the US to England to stay at Austenland.  Jane is obsessed with the world of Jane Austen and is disappointed in her own life.  Jennifer Coolidge (from Legally Blonde) is another American staying at Austenland, as is Georgia King, playing the role of Lady Amelia Heartwright .  These three actresses are great at comedy.  Jane Seymour played Mrs. Wattlesbrook , the practical proprietor of Austenland is the foil to the hopefulness of Jane Hayes.  The female actresses were outstanding and had me laughing throughout the film. The actors J.J. Feild, Bret McKenzie, Ricky Wittle, and James Callis all did excellent work.

You might enjoy the movie more if you have seen at least one film version of Pride and Prejudice.  It helps to know who Mr. Darcy is.

I laughed throughout the film and I recommend it.

Robert