Trevor Cusack

From The Space Library

Early member of the Manchester Interplanetary Society and later the Manchester Astronautical Association. Cusack was born in Halifax Yorkshire and educated at Audenshaw Grammar School. Cusack joined the MIS on November 19 1936 and attended all of the early rocket experiments conducted by the group. He also took on the role of photographer. In June 1937 he became Treasurer of the MIS. In January 1938 he resigned from the MIS along with Founder Eric Burgess and went off to form the MAA.

He went on to edit and publish the Bulletin of the MAA and he co-designed the MAA Stratoplane in June 1939.

In August 1939 he co-edited the first issue of Spacewards magazine a news bulletin for the MAA. This coincided with the demise of the Bulletin of the BIS which did not resume publication until after World War 2. Spacewards would go on to become the main news vehicle for the Combined British Astronautical Societies during the war.

Cusack studied as a Wireless operator and joined the British Merchant Navy in October 1940. On his first voyage on November 27th 1940 his ship was sunk by enemy action. He managed to reach a life boat but later die of his injuries and was buried at sea.