Frank R. Bell of Blackburn & General Aircraft ex-Rover Cars
Aug 13, 2019 16:12:52 GMT 12
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Post by errolmartyn on Aug 13, 2019 16:12:52 GMT 12
Anyone know more about this chap?
Not mentioned in the index to Putnam's Blackburn Aircraft volume.
Car of the Future.
Another New Zealander, an engineer working in England for the Rolls-Royce company, is chiefly responsible for a revolutionary advance in the application of science to peaceful ends. He is Mr F. R. Bell, who has been the main worker on a design for a gas turbine motor-car engine. Work on the car has been in progress for some five years, and another five years will probably pass ere it is ready for commercial exploitation, but the engineers of the company believe that in it they have the car of the future. (Ashburton Guardian, 10 Jun 50)
Important Aviation Post For New Zealander
London, March 15, 1953
Blackburn and General Aircraft announced that a New Zealander, Mr F. r. Bell, has been appointed the company’s chief designer (engines). Mr Bell, best known for his work on the gas turbine car of the Rover Company, spent 15 years with Rolls Royce. (The Southland Times)
An internet entry under ‘The Rover Turbine Cars’ mentions him:
By the end of 1945 work had begun (in great earnest and secrecy) in project department C at Solihull under Frank Bell and Spencer King both ex RR gas turbine boffins.
Full name unknown - could be Frank or a Francis known as Frank?
Errol
Not mentioned in the index to Putnam's Blackburn Aircraft volume.
Car of the Future.
Another New Zealander, an engineer working in England for the Rolls-Royce company, is chiefly responsible for a revolutionary advance in the application of science to peaceful ends. He is Mr F. R. Bell, who has been the main worker on a design for a gas turbine motor-car engine. Work on the car has been in progress for some five years, and another five years will probably pass ere it is ready for commercial exploitation, but the engineers of the company believe that in it they have the car of the future. (Ashburton Guardian, 10 Jun 50)
Important Aviation Post For New Zealander
London, March 15, 1953
Blackburn and General Aircraft announced that a New Zealander, Mr F. r. Bell, has been appointed the company’s chief designer (engines). Mr Bell, best known for his work on the gas turbine car of the Rover Company, spent 15 years with Rolls Royce. (The Southland Times)
An internet entry under ‘The Rover Turbine Cars’ mentions him:
By the end of 1945 work had begun (in great earnest and secrecy) in project department C at Solihull under Frank Bell and Spencer King both ex RR gas turbine boffins.
Full name unknown - could be Frank or a Francis known as Frank?
Errol
