Christopher Cockerell Professions : Engineer Born : June 4, 1910 Died : June 1, 1999 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Christopher Cockerell The Admiralty said it was a plane and not a boat, the Royal Air Force said it was a boat and not a plane, the Army were plain not interested. Christopher Cockerell royal army air But for the silly chaps, we would still be living in the Stone Age. Christopher Cockerell progress age silly Similar Authors Alan Mulally engineer Bruce White engineer Augustin-Jean Fresnel engineer Arthur Rudolph engineer Aron Ralston engineer Anousheh Ansari engineer All Authors