Ralph Hooper was the son of Marjorie Spenser and Herbert Hooper.
10 Facts About Ralph Hooper
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Ralph Hooper is a distant relative of the poet Edmund Spenser.
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Ralph Hooper became an apprentice at Blackburn Aircraft Company when aged 15 in January 1942, then went to University College Hull, gaining a Diploma in Aeronautics.
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Ralph Hooper was one of the first students to join the Cranfield College of Aeronautics in 1946 and graduated with a Diploma in Aircraft Design in 1948.
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Ralph Hooper was awarded the Royal Aeronautical Society's Gold Medal in 1986 for his work on the Harrier and Hawk.
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Ralph Hooper was succeeded as Chief Designer of the Harrier in 1965 by John Fozard, who continued in this post until 1978.
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Ralph Hooper later became Deputy Technical Director of British Aerospace at Kingston upon Thames in Surrey.
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Ralph Hooper led the design team for the Hawker Siddeley Hawk.
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Ralph Hooper became a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 1999.
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Ralph Hooper died on 12 December 2022, at the age of 96.