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    Not Much of an Engineer

    By Sir Stanley Hooker and Bill Gunston

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    Stanley Hooker joined the Bristol Aeroplane Company in 1949 and tugged a rather reluctant company into the jet age, determined to give real competition to Rolls-Royce. So successful was he that in 1966 Rolls-Royce decided the best thing to do was to spend ?63.6 million and buy its rival. By this time there was scarcely a single modern British aero-engine for which Hooker had not been responsible.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAirlife
    Release dateSep 20, 2011
    ISBN9781847973252
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    • 5/5
      Very meaty book about aviation icons and aircraft engines; for people, that want or wanted to be aerospace engineer - I will definitely recommend.