Frank Whittle
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Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle was an English engineer, inventor and Royal Air Force air officer. He is credited with co-creating the turbojet engine. A patent was submitted by Maxime Guillaume in 19
Whittle in 1943
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 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.
Jet engine
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A jet engine is a type of reaction engine, discharging a fast-moving jet of heated gas that generates thrust by jet propulsion. While this broad definition may include rocket, water jet, and hybrid pr
Frank Whittle
…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 as well as Austria’s Anselm…
A Pratt & Whitney F100 turbofan engine for the F-15 Eagle being tested in the hush house at Florida Air National Guard base
Jet engine during takeoff, showing visible heat haze through hot exhaust gas (Germanwings Airbus A319-100)
CS-1 Turboprop engine of György Jendrassik in 1940