Recently finished reading Sir Stanley Hookers fascinating autobiography "Not much of an Engineer" Had to castigate the kind pilot type gentleman who lent it to me for preventing me getting any sleep for two nights, being unable to put the book down.
Sir Stanley, in case you didn't know, worked at Rolls Royce starting with Merlin superchargers and then developing their early jet engines before moving to Bristol Siddeley where he was responsible for developing the Olympus and the Pegasus among others. Finally, back to Rolls to get the RB211 working and earning, after the original company fell over in '71.
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