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Denis Robinson Column: Special memories of my big assignment at Rolls-Royce I have a very special memory of the Rolls-Royce site in Hucknall, which has been bought by ITP Aero to end more than 80 years of the company s presence in the town. Friday, 21st May 2021, 5:00 pm It was in the mid-1950s, just a couple of years after I had started work as a cub reporter with the Dispatch, that I was given by far my biggest assignment up to that time. This was to report on development at Hucknall of the Flying Bedstead, the strange-looking contraption which made history as the first aircraft in the world to make a vertical ascent and landing, powered solely by two Nene engines. This paved the way for the Harrier jump jet. ....
I was lucky to see Barrys engine a couple of times and watched it run sometime in the 1980s. At an much earlier exhibition i viewed his embryo merlin, just a large chunk of alloy with pockets milled out. What a craftsman. He was always a very private man but still active in 2008 as he exhibited his Eagle 22 in the ME exhibition and came away with a cup. A picture of him is in issue 4338. The last time I heard of him was in about 2018 when a someone mentioned the they had spoken to him, but I really can’t confirm that. ....