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Colonel Reginald Clive Gallop (4 February 1892〔"On the 4th inst. at Mena House, Pyramids, Egypt, the wife of Reginald George Gallop of Lavington House, Wimbledon, Barrister-at-law, of a son" Births ''The Times'' Saturday, Feb 06, 1892; pg. 1; Issue 33554〕〔 - 7 September 1960〔Martin Pugh, ‘Bentley Boys (act. 1919–1931)’, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, May 2013〕) was a World War I pilot, racing driver and race engineer. He was the developer of the 4-valve engine for Bentley Motors. == Royal Flying Corps == Known as Clive Gallop, he joined the Royal Flying Corps, flying aeroplanes over the Western Front. He commanded a number of flights, including No. 56 Squadron.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=56 Squadron )〕 Engineer W. O. Bentley had noticed the pre-war innovative use of aluminium in the French Doriot, Flandrin & Parant car factory. Commissioned at the outbreak of war as an engineer by the Royal Naval Air Service, he was sent to the Gwynnes Limited pumps workshops in Chiswick which was making French Clerget engines under licence. Bentley's job was to liaise between the squadrons in the field in France and the factory's engineering staff which is how he came to meet Gallop.〔W. O. Bentley ''My Life and My Cars'', 1967, London, Hutchinson & Co〕 Clerget as the license holder were very unwilling to act on Bentley's more important suggestions so the Royal Navy sent Bentley to Humbers in Coventry where he was given a team to design his own aero-engine. The resulting engine, fundamentally different from the Clerget though—for ease of production—alike in the design of the cam mechanism, was running in prototype by early summer 1916. This was the BR1, ''Bentley Rotary 1'', with the bigger BR2 followed in early 1918. Gallop helped Bentley bring both into service with the Royal Flying Corps.〔 At the end of hostilities and leaving his commission with the Royal Flying Squadron, Gallop joined the Royal Aero Club.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=All Great Britain, Royal Aero Club Aviators’ Certificates, 1910-1950 results for 1870 Census )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clive Gallop」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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