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 pounds 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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Excellent reading for engineers,
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This is a great book that tells the story of a bygone era when the name Rolls Royce stood for everything excellent in engineering. Being able to produce a new jet engine during wartime in only 9 months is incredible. (no computers,cad etc then!!) A very good read.
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Sir Stanley Hooker was a Lad, a Mathemetician, an Engineer, the right man in the right place at the right time. Rolls Royce was his sandpit after his Academic career. The names and "STUFF" he played with at Rolls Royce, is magic reading, not in "Engineering Speak", but as it happened. Insights into world events of the 30's through to the 70's, in the world of Engines.
Sir Stanley, earnt his Knighthood, this is his story about how it was done, but not written with the "Sir" in mind. A great story of trying times, trying people...of lovely times and great people, by a great man. This book should be Compulsory reading, for all Higher School people, and definite reading for all Apprentices.
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Sir Stanley describes his part in the development of Rolls-Royce avionics from pre-War times through to the Concorde + the Harrier
Fascinating + well written; there are many amusing anecdotes: "Miss Shillings Orifice" being one of these + offers a unique insight into Rolls-Royce in wartime + after, as well as the once mighty UK Aviation Industry, development of the first jet engines, the first jet fighters + the Rolls-Royce turbofan, still the most thermally efficient internal combustion engine in the world... Hookers humor is gentle + frequently self-deprecating; ( as per the title!) but it's not hard reading between the lines to see that he was a genius + earned his knighthood. Having read this I can see why Germany paid a heavy price for relying on fuel-injection in their aero-engines ( Battle of Britain )+ what constitutes a Karman Vortex Street, tho' the book has not clobbered me over the head with impenetrable math or technical descriptions A great read!
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- Industry and Air Power: The Expansion of British Aircraft Production, 1935-1941 (Studies in Air Power) by Noel Sebastian Ritchie on page 250, and Back Matter
- Invasion, 1940: The Truth About the Battle of Britain and What Stopped Hitler by Derek Robinson in Back Matter
- Military History and the Military Profession by David A. Charters on page 95
- The Concorde Story: 21 Years in Service (Osprey Civil Aircraft) by Christopher Orlebar in Back Matter
- The Chosen Ones: Test Pilots in Action by Sean Rossiter in Back Matter
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