Description
| Product ID: | 9781853102851 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | IN |
| Title: | Not Much Of An Engineer:- An Autobiography |
| Authors: | Author: Sir Stanley Hooker |
| Page Count: | 256 |
| Subjects: | Biography: general, Biography: general, Aerospace and aviation technology, Aerospace & aviation technology |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | The Crowood Press Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | The Crowood Press Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2003-04-01 |