Pioneers of the jet engine. At a meeting in the Swan & Royal Hotel in December 1941, responsibility for developing Sir Frank Whittle's invention - the jet engine, passed from the Rover Company to Rolls-Royce. The deal was sealed over a five shilling meal between Rolls-Royce General Manager Ernest Hives, the Rover Managing Director Spencer Wilks and Dr Stanley Hooker of Rolls-Royce

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