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Dr. Richard (Dick) Stanton-Jones D.Sc(Hon) , FEng , M.A. , M.Sc. , CEng . (25 September 1926 – 23 January 1991) was an English aeronautical engineer , chief designer Saunders-Roe ,[1] British Hovercraft Corp. [2] Westland Helicopters .[3]
He is perhaps best known for his contribution, along with Sir. Christopher Cockerell , to the development of the SR.N1 hovercraft [4] Saunders-Roe .
Life
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Richard Stanton-Jones was born in Bombay, India to Indian Army Officer, Brig. John C. Jones OBE and Katharine Stanton, daughter of the American missionary Rev. Dr. William A Stanton.
He attended King Edward VI College, Stourbridge , King's College, Cambridge and the College of Aeronautics, Cranfield .
In 1950, Richard Stanton-Jones joined De Havilland Engine Co. He worked under A.V. Cleaver in the DH special projects section.
In 1949, he married Dorine Mary Watkins, and in 1950 they had a son, Richard Stanton-Jones Jr.
In 1968 Richard Stanton-Jones won the Sperry Award along with Sir. Christopher Cockerell "...for the design, construction and application of a family of commercially useful hovercraft."
Richard Stanton-Jones died of lung cancer at his house, "Doubloon," Seaview, Isle of Wight , United Kingdom on 23 January 1991.
Publications
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R. Stanton Jones, (1950) "An empirical method for rapidly estimating the loading distributions on swept back wings" p. 17-23.
R. Stanton-Jones, M.A., D.C.Ae., C.Eng., A.F.R.Ae.S., (1993) "The Future Development of Hovercraft: The 1968 Lord Sempill Paper", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 40 Iss: 5, pp. 4 – 15
References
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^ Cagle, Malcolm W. Flying Ships; Hovercraft and Hydrofoils. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1970. 26. Print.
^ "Travel: Hovering Ahead" . Time Magazine . 9 August 1968. Retrieved 16 April 2018 .
^ Jenkins, Simon D., ed. "Obituaries." The Times [London] 1 February 1991: 12. Print.
^ Davis, Gordon A., and James Summerford. Who's Who in Engineering. Washington, DC: American Association of Engineering Societies, 1991. Print.
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