Major Frank Bernard Halford (1894 to 1955) was an English aircraft engine designer. He is best known for the series of de Havilland Gipsy engines, widely used by light aircraft in the 1920s and 1930s. He also designed the Napier Sabre, a British H-24, liquid-cooled, sleeve valve piston aero engine built by D. Napier and Son. Halford held the CBE and was a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, and his work spanned the light-aircraft engines of the interwar years and the very powerful piston fighter engines of the Second World War.
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Major Frank Bernard Halford CBE FRAeS (7 March 1894-16 April 1955)
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Major Frank Bernard Halford CBE FRAeS (7 March 1894-16 April 1955) was an English aircraft engine designer.
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He died suddenly at his home in Sandy Lane, Northwood, Middlesex, on April 16th 1955, aged 61.
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English; British
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The Napier Rapier was a British 16-cylinder H pattern air-cooled aero engine designed by Frank Halford
Napier Dagger (Wikipedia)
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The Napier Dagger was a 24-cylinder H-pattern (or H-Block) air-cooled engine designed by Frank Halford
Napier Javelin (Wikipedia)
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The Napier Javelin was a British six-cylinder inline air-cooled engine designed by Frank Halford
Napier Sabre (Wikipedia)
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The Napier Sabre is a British H-24, liquid-cooled, sleeve valve, piston aero engine, designed by Major Frank Halford
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The Napier Sabre is a British H-24, liquid-cooled, sleeve valve, piston aero engine, designed by Major Frank Halford
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