Not Much Of An Engineer:- An Autobiography

Author(s): Hooker, Sir Stanley
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 01/04/2003,
Pagination: 256 pages, Illustrations,
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781853102851,
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.