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158:(April 1913 – 18 January 1986) was a British aerospace engineer. His career encompassed the design and development of flying boats before the Second World War to rocket powered fighters after. He had a significant role in Britain's first indigenous rocket project (
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flying boats. From 1947, he was technical assistant to the chief executive, Sir Arthur Gouge. In
January 1947 Brennan took charge of helicopter development when Saunders-Roe took over the development contract on the
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mixed (rocket and jet)-powered interceptor fighters and the Black Knight programme. He also led the detail design of the SR.N1 hovercraft, working closely with
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he was engaged in the stress office, the aerodynamics office and the project office. In this period his design responsibilities included the
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276:(also part of Hawker Siddeley) succeeding Roy Ewans as a director and chief engineer. From 1961 to 1969 his responsibilities included the
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