Book description
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 started his career at Rolls-Royce, where he made an
immediate impact by increasing the power of the legendary Merlin by
thirty per cent. He later joined the Bristol Aeroplane Company, which
was subsequently bought by Rolls-Royce. During a long career, Hooker was
responsible for almost every modern British aero engine, including those
of Concorde and the Harrier, as well as the great RB211.
