I kept no diary: 60 years with marine diesels, automobile and aero engines - Air Commodore FR Banks
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I kept no diary: 60 years with marine diesels, automobile and aero engines
1978 (first edition). Hardcover with dustcover, 247 pages.
Very good condition. The pages are neat and clean, without any inscriptions. Tightly bound.
Sir Commodore Francis Rodwell "Rod" Banks CB, OBE, Hon. CGIA., Hon. FRAeS, Hon. FAIAA., FlMechE., Flnst Pet, FRSA, CEng., MSAE, (22 March 1898 12 May 1985) was a British enigineer who was involved in the development of the internal combustion engine, as well as special fuels for the engine, and was one of the people responsible for the development of higher-octaene fuels. He was closely involved with the development of the Rolls-Royce Merlin (Spitifre, Hurricane, Lancaster, etc...), WW2 MTBs, The British and Italian Schneider trophy racing aircraft, etc, etc... a key figure in the evolution of the internal combustion and jet aircraft engines postwar.






