Not Much Of An Engineer:- An AutobiographySir Stanley Hooker Bill GunstonLabel: The Crowood Press LtdDescription: 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.
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