John Lanfear Scott-Scott (22 June 1934 – 12 December 2015) 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. He worked there on Black Arrow, making important contributions to the fuel pump system.
Later he helped to form, and worked at, Reaction Engines Limited until he retired in 2011.
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.
External links
- BBC4: The Three Rocketeers
- An Oral History of British Science, interview with John Scott-Scott interview
References
- "Scott-Scott, John (Part 1 of 18). An Oral History of British Science. - Oral history of British science - Oral history | British Library - Sounds".
- "Reaction Engines Ltd - About Us: History: John Scott-Scott". Archived from the original on 20 January 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- Spufford, Francis (28 October 1999). "Operation Backfire". London Review of Books. pp. 21–27. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- John Scott-Scott, interviewed for An Oral History of British Science on YouTube, British Library
- BBC4: The Three Rocketeers
- "Reaction Engines Ltd - News | November 2011". Archived from the original on 23 June 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- Minutes of the Coventry Branch Committee, Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust held in the RRHT Coventry Branch Library