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Stanley George Hooker
Stanley George Hooker
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He engineered a long line of outstanding aircraft gas turbines and player! a key role in developing the British aviation industry and bringing it to a position of world prominence.
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In 1950 Sir Stanley was appointed chief engineer of Bristol Aero-Engines, Lid., and placed in charge of the design and development of the Proteus turboprop engine for the Bristol Brittania civil airliner and the Olympus jet engine for the Royal Air Force's VuIcan bomber. In 1954 he was namect clirector of the Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd.; in 1959 he became technical director of Bristol-Siddeley Engines, Ltd., which was formed by merging Bristol Aero-Engines with Armstrong Siddeley Motors.
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of aircraft jet propulsion. In mv vears of running General Electric's jet engine operations, stood out in my mind as one of the leading forces that helped shape Rolls Royce into one of our most powerful competitors.
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