Maurice Joseph Brennan BSC, MIMechE, FRAes (April 1913 – 18 January 1986)[1] was a British aerospace engineer.
He had a significant role in Britain's first indigenous rocket project (Black Knight) and in the development of practical hovercraft (SR.N1) Maurice Brennan was born in April 1913, at Muswell Hill, London.
After graduating from Glasgow in April 1934, he joined the technical office of Hawker Aircraft, Ltd in Kingston, where he remained until 1936, when he went to work for Saunders-Roe.
[2] He became chief designer in October 1953,[4] and among his responsibilities were the Saunders Roe Princess flying boat, the SR.53 and SR.177 mixed (rocket and jet)-powered interceptor fighters and the Black Knight programme.
[8][3] However, he resigned again after ten months, joining Folland in 1960, replacing Teddy Petter as director and chief engineer.