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Earlsdon
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Earlsdon is a residential suburb and electoral ward of Coventry, England. It lies approximately one mile to the southwest of Coventry City Centre. It is the birthplace of aviation pioneer Frank Whittle.
Earlsdon Library
Earlsdon Library
Canley Ford, Earlsdon
Canley Ford, Earlsdon
The commemorative plaque on the house where Whittle was born and grew up.
The commemorative plaque on the house where Whittle was born and grew up.
Earlsdon library
Earlsdon library
Frank Whittle
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Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle, was an English engineer, inventor and Royal Air Force (RAF) air officer. He is credited with having invented the turbojet engine. A patent was submitted by Maxime Guillaume in 1921 for a similar invention which was technically unfeasible at the time. Whittle's jet engines were developed some years earlier than those of Germany's Hans von Ohain, who designed the first-to-fly turbojet engine.
Frank Whittle
Frank Whittle
Whittle's birthplace in Earlsdon, Coventry, England. (photo 2007)
Whittle's birthplace in Earlsdon, Coventry, England. (photo 2007)
The Gloster E.28/39, the first British aircraft to fly with a turbojet engine
The Gloster E.28/39, the first British aircraft to fly with a turbojet engine
The W2/700 engine, or W.2B/23 as it was known to the Air Ministry. It was the first British production jet engine, powering early models of the Gloste
The W2/700 engine, or W.2B/23 as it was known to the Air Ministry. It was the first British production jet engine, powering early models of the Gloster Meteor.