Maurice Brennan | |
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Born | Muswell Hill | April 1913
Died | 18 January 1986 Isle of Wight | (aged 72)
Nationality | British |
Education | St. Mungo's Academy, Glasgow University |
Occupation | Engineer |
Engineering career | |
Discipline | Aerospace |
Institutions | Royal Aeronautical Society |
Projects | SR.53, Black Knight |
Significant advance | SR.N1 Hovercraft |
Maurice Joseph Brennan BSC, MIMechE, FRAes (April 1913 – 18 January 1986)[1] was a British aerospace engineer. His career encompassed the design and development of flying boats before the Second World War to rocket powered fighters after. He had a significant role in Britain's first indigenous rocket project (Black Knight) and in the development of practical hovercraft (SR.N1)