Sir Stanley George Hooker, CBE, FRS, DPhil, BSc, FRAeS, MIMechE, FAAAS (30 September 1907 – 24 May 1984), was an English mathematician and jet engine...
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their design team, to Rolls-Royce, where Stanley Hooker joined the team from Rolls' supercharger division. Hooker's experience in the design of centrifugal...
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on the RB211 he came to understand that £50 million is peanuts." – Stanley Hooker. Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th...
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in 1967. His death had left a vacuum which nobody could fill ... " – Stanley Hooker In September 1970, Rolls-Royce reported to the government that development...
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(860 kW) at 3,000 rpm at 14,000 feet (4,300 m). Merlin XX Merlin X with Stanley Hooker re-designed supercharger incorporating re-designed inlet and improved...
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and New Hampshire Stanley Hooker (1907–1984), English aviation engineer Steve Hooker (born 1982), Australian pole vaulter Thomas Hooker (1586–1647), Puritan...
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high-pressure-ratio compressor would cause stability problems. As Sir Stanley Hooker explains in his autobiography, the outlet area of a compressor is significantly...
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The Nene was designed as a result of a June 1944 visit to the US by Stanley Hooker. He discovered that General Electric already had two engine types running...
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over a "five-shilling meal" at the Swan and Royal hotel in Clitheroe, Stanley Hooker and Ernest Hives of Rolls-Royce agreed with Spencer Wilks of the Rover...
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[bare URL] "Not much of an Engineer" by Stanley Hooker, Hooker, Sir Stanley; Gunston, Bill (2011-09-20). Not Much of an Engineer. Crowood...
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Engineer Frank Owner to Chief Engineer of the Engine Division Stanley Hooker: "You know, Stanley, when we designed the Proteus I decided we should make the...
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1966, Evelyn de Rothschild married Jeannette Bishop, a niece of Sir Stanley Hooker, the jet-engine engineer. The marriage ended in divorce in 1971. Jeannette...
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annular system was considered too advanced. In 1950, Dr (later Sir) Stanley Hooker was appointed as Chief Engineer of Bristol Aero Engines. The BOl.1 first...
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Aircraft Engine Historical Society. US. Retrieved 2022-05-29. "Sir Stanley Hooker". History Learning Site. Cutler, Colin (2016-03-15). "What's The Difference...
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Olympus engine series. The work was overseen by the Technical Director Stanley Hooker. One concept which looked promising was the BE52, which initially used...
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October 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2011. Not Much of an Engineer, Sir Stanley Hooker, Airlife Publishing 2002, ISBN 978-1853102851, p. 153 Owen, Kenneth...
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Rolls-Royce Griffon Rolls-Royce Eagle (H-24) Rolls-Royce Pennine Ernest Hives Stanley Hooker Cyril Lovesey Arthur Rowledge Arthur Rubbra Packard V-1650 Related lists...
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Sir Sydney Camm, Ralph Hooper of Hawker Aircraft, and Stanley Hooker (later Sir Stanley Hooker) of the Bristol Engine Company. The close cooperation between...
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orifice' (or simply the 'Tilly orifice'), given to the restrictor by Sir Stanley Hooker, the engineer who led supercharger development at Rolls-Royce. This...
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Stanislaw Ulam (b. 1909), Polish American mathematician. May 24 – Sir Stanley Hooker (b. 1907), English aeronautical engineer. August 6 – Abraham Lilienfeld...
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of high performance military aircraft. In 1957, jet engine engineer Stanley Hooker of the Bristol Engine Company informed aeronautics engineer Sydney Camm...
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a new trainer and lightweight fighter-bomber they were developing. Stanley Hooker, relatively new to the company after an earlier career at Rolls-Royce...
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1098/rsbm.2005.0013. S2CID 60786773. "Not much of an Engineer" by Sir Stanley Hooker, Airlife Publishing Ltd, 1984, P.227 Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopedia...
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designs and materials to breaking point is vital. Earlier, in 1940, Stanley Hooker of Rolls-Royce had met with Whittle and later introduced him to Ernest...
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the Rover plants, although the official date is several months later. Stanley Hooker leads a team including Fred Morley, Arthur Rubbra and Harry Pearson...
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engines would be in general civil use within ten years. Lombard and Stanley Hooker, then technical director of Bristol Siddeley, were jointly awarded the...
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VI high-altitude bomber, a Rolls-Royce team under the direction of Stanley Hooker developed a Merlin with two-stage supercharging, which became the Merlin...
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61 had a two-speed, two-stage, intercooled supercharger, designed by Stanley Hooker of Rolls-Royce. Both the Merlin 61 and V-1710-39 were capable of about...
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simpler-to-produce "straight-through" version of the W.2. Whittle had, though Stanley Hooker of RR's supercharger division, been in contact with Rolls for help delivering...
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Sheerness from 1909 and attended the Sheerness garrison school. Sir Stanley Hooker (1907–1984), a mathematician and jet engine engineer, first inventor...
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