Frank Whittle
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title:
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. Whittle demonstrated an aptitude for engineering and an interest in flyin
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British Royal Air Force engineer and air officer (1907–1996)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Whittle
date created:
2002-03-04T05:06:07Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T09:37:34Z
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