Major Frank Bernard Halford CBE FRAeS (7 March 1894 – 16 April 1955) was an English aircraft engine designer. He is best known for the series of de Havilland...
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Robert John Arthur Halford (born 25 August 1951) is an English heavy metal singer. He is best known as the lead vocalist of Judas Priest, which was formed...
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De Havilland Goblin (redirect from Halford H.1)
Havilland Goblin, originally designated as the Halford H-1, is an early turbojet engine designed by Frank Halford and built by de Havilland. The Goblin was...
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at the age of 86. Ifield, Frank (1963), Meet Frank Ifield, World Distributors, retrieved 23 July 2018 Ifield, Frank; Halford, Pauline (2005), I Remember...
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a 24-cylinder H-pattern (or H-Block) air-cooled engine designed by Frank Halford and built by Napier before World War II. It was a development of the...
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and stopped growing at 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m). His form master, Frank Halford, said that Adams's height had made him stand out and that he had been...
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liquid-cooled, sleeve valve, piston aero engine, designed by Major Frank Halford and built by D. Napier & Son during World War II. The engine evolved...
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Sir Halford John Mackinder (15 February 1861 – 6 March 1947) was a British geographer, academic and politician, who is regarded as one of the founding...
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The Halford Special was a Grand Prix racing car of the 1920s built by engine designer Major Frank Halford on the chassis of an early Side Valve Aston...
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the early years of jet engine development. Employing the services of Frank Halford then buying out his company they produced the de Havilland Goblin and...
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British air-cooled four-cylinder in-line aircraft engine designed by Frank Halford in 1927 to replace the ADC Cirrus in the de Havilland DH.60 Moth light...
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engines. Frank Halford: Responsible for proposing modifications to the engines originally taken from Beardmore designs. Brevet captain Halford worked for...
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USS Halford (DD-480), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Lieutenant William Halford (1841–1919), a recipient of...
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politician Bruce Halford (1931–2001), British racing driver Frank Halford (1894–1955), English aircraft engine designer Frederic M. Halford (1884-1914), British...
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engine by Frank Halford of the Aircraft Disposal Company, the goal was to develop the Puma to produce its intended power output which Halford eventually...
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designer Major Frank Halford had been given access to Frank Whittle's pioneering work on gas turbines; for the projected jet-powered fighter Halford decided...
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provided as a loan by the Ministry of Supply at the request of Major Frank Halford, the engine designer. The engine was rated at 5,000 lb thrust fed by...
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a British 16-cylinder H pattern air-cooled aero engine designed by Frank Halford and built by Napier & Son shortly before World War II. The Rapier was...
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Javelin was a British six-cylinder inline air-cooled engine designed by Frank Halford and built by D. Napier & Son. First flown in March 1934 in the prototype...
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Finally there were the modified Aston Martin of George Eyston, Frank Halford's Halford Special (itself based on an Aston Martin chassis), two Thomas "Flat...
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Havilland Spectre de Havilland Aircraft Museum de Havilland Propellers Frank Halford Related lists List of aircraft engine manufacturers List of aircraft...
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aero engine by Frank Halford of the Aircraft Disposal Company, the main difference being the use of aluminium cylinder heads. Halford later used one bank...
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Havilland where Frank Halford was Technical Director[citation needed] of their engine company. He was commissioned by Frank Halford to conduct a study...
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engines abroad. (In a twist of irony, the Blackburn itself was based on Frank Halford’s old ADC Cirrus engine; Blackburn had bought the licence in 1934). In...
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The de Havilland PS.23 or PS.52 Gyron, originally the Halford H-4, was Frank Halford's last turbojet design while working for de Havilland. Intended to...
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were producing the low-cost Airdisco V8 which had been developed by Frank Halford from their large stocks of war surplus Renault V8 aero engines. De Havilland...
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flew on 15 May 1941 at RAF Cranwell. British aircraft engine designer, Frank Halford, working from Whittle's ideas, developed a "straight through" version...
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Grahame-White (pioneer aviator) The Duke of Westminster, on the first committee Frank Halford (engineer) Edward Ramsden Hall (racing driver) Gustav Hamel (pioneer...
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turnover. During the 1970s, the core of bassist Ian Hill, lead singer Rob Halford and guitarists Glenn Tipton and K. K. Downing saw a revolving cast of drummers...
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company produced a small range of aircraft engines under the direction of Frank Halford, the 'Cirrus' line continued to be manufactured by Cirrus Aero Engines...
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