Ebook: Not Much of an Engineer

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.;Cover; Title; Contents; Foreword; Chapter 1 The Professional Student; Chapter 2 The Merlin; Chapter 3 Jets; Chapter 4 The Nene; Chapter 5 Axials; Chapter 6 The Break and a New Start; Chapter 7 The Proteus; Chapter 8 The Olympus; Chapter 9 The Orpheus; Chapter 10 The Pegasus; Chapter 11 The Mergers and my first Retirement; Chapter 12 The RB211 and the Prodigal's Return; Chapter 13 Romania and China; Chapter 14 Farewell to Nightingale Road; Glossary; Appendix I: The engines; Appendix II: Merlin Power and Jet Thrust; Appendix III: The Propulsive Efficiency for a jet Engine.