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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.

Not Much Of An Engineer:- An Autobiography

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    A Hardback by Sir Stanley Hooker

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      Publisher The Crowood Press Ltd
      Published 1 April 2003
      ISBN-13 9781853102851
      978-1853102851
      ISBN-10 1853102857
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      Biography Autobiography: science, technology and medicine

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      Book Synopsis
      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.

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