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.
- ISBN13 9781847973252
- Publish Date 1 December 2011 (first published 1 July 1991)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint The Crowood Press Ltd
- Format eBook (EPUB)
- Pages 256
- Language English
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