Citizenship British | Name Richard Stanton-Jones Fields Engineering | |
Born 25 September 1926
Bombay, India ( 1926-09-25 ) Alma mater Kings College, Cambridge Notable awards Elmer A. Sperry Award, 1968 Died January 23, 1991, Seaview, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom Known for Hovercraft, Black Knight, Blue Streak | ||
Residence England, United Kingdom Education King's College, Cambridge | ||
Dr. Richard (Dick) Stanton-Jones D.Sc(Hon), FEng, M.A., M.Sc., CEng. (September 25, 1926 - January 23, 1991) was an English Aeronautical Engineer, chief designer Saunders-Roe, managing director of British Hovercraft Corp. and vice-chairman of Westland Helicopters.
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He is perhaps best known for his contribution, along with Sir. Christopher Cockerell, to the development of the SR.N1 Hovercraft manufactured by Saunders-Roe.
Life
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, Kings 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 January 23, 1991.
Publications
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