The Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwable was the world's first operational jet aircraft and was powered by an engine designed by ...

That pioneer would be Sir Frank Whittle, a pilot, engineer, inventor, and deep thinker, who would eventually take the leap of faith and take the jet turbine engine from being simply a concept in his ...

During World War II, the U.S. Army Air Corps (the predecessor of the U.S. Air Force) sought to build a version of a jet engine developed in Britain by Sir Frank Whittle. Because of GE's expertise ...

English aviator and engineer Frank Whittle patented the jet engine in 1930 and first tested it on the ground in 1937. He was beaten to the skies by German designer Hans Pabst von Ohain ...

The story of the Gloster Meteor begins with the visionary work of Sir Frank Whittle, who patented the ... including the untested nature of jet engines and the urgency of wartime demands—and ...

the year World War II kicked off (and nine years after Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle patented the world’s first viable jet engine). The ever-innovative Lockheed engineers were very excited ...

From Frank Whittle’s pioneering designs to the advanced turbojet and turboprop engines we rely on today, the evolution of jet engine technology has fundamentally changed aviation. With each ...

Gloucester mayor Lorraine Campbell, will be visiting Lutterworth to look at jet engine inventor Sir Frank Whittle’s connection between the two areas. Sir Frank Whittle carried out most of his work at ...

changed the jet’s role from a fighter to a ground attack plane and bomber. Engineer Frank Whittle, working independently of Ohain in Great Britain, had come up with a similar engine that Ohain ...