John Lanfear Scott-Scott (22 June 1934 – 12 December 2015) was a British mechanical and aerospace engineer. After graduating from the University of Birmingham, he joined Armstrong Siddeley Motors in 1955, becoming a hydrodynamicist at their Rocket Department. He worked there on Black Arrow, making important contributions to the fuel pump system.

Later he helped to form, and worked at, Reaction Engines Limited until he retired in 2011.

John Scott-Scott

Scott-Scott married Pauline W. A. Cullen in 1955; they had two daughters and a son.

John Scott-Scott

He was the Chairman of the Coventry Branch, Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust from November 2000 until May 2014.

John Scott-Scott

External links

BBC4: The Three Rocketeers

An Oral History of British Science, interview with John Scott-Scott interview

References

1934 births

2015 deaths

Rocket scientists

Space programme of the United Kingdom

Alumni of the University of Birmingham