John Scott-Scott

John Lanfear Scott-Scott (22 June 1934[1] – 12 December 2015[2]) was a British mechanical and aerospace engineer. After graduating from the University of Birmingham, he joined Armstrong Siddeley Motors in 1955, becoming a hydrodynamicist at their Rocket Department.[3] He worked there on Black Arrow, making important contributions to the fuel pump system.[4]

Later he helped to form, and worked at,[5] Reaction Engines Limited until he retired in 2011.[6]

Scott-Scott married Pauline W. A. Cullen in 1955; they had two daughters and a son.

He was the Chairman of the Coventry Branch, Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust from November 2000 until May 2014.[7]

  1. ^ "Scott-Scott, John (Part 1 of 18). An Oral History of British Science. - Oral history of British science - Oral history | British Library - Sounds".
  2. ^ "Reaction Engines Ltd - About Us: History: John Scott-Scott". Archived from the original on 20 January 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  3. ^ Spufford, Francis (28 October 1999). "Operation Backfire". London Review of Books. pp. 21–27. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  4. ^ John Scott-Scott, interviewed for An Oral History of British Science on YouTube, British Library
  5. ^ BBC4: The Three Rocketeers
  6. ^ "Reaction Engines Ltd - News | November 2011". Archived from the original on 23 June 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  7. ^ Minutes of the Coventry Branch Committee, Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust held in the RRHT Coventry Branch Library