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An english man called Frank Whittle, he came up with the idea during WW2. The british didn't think it was worth doing so he went to the americans with the idea and they developed the idea.Frank Whittle
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The earliest recorded attempt at a turbine type engine dates all the way back to the first century! And the first patent of a turbine engine dates to 1791. The first successful flight of a modern type turbojet powered aircraft (the He 178) dates to August 27, 1939 and was based on a design by Hans von Ohain.Hans von Ohain and Sir Frank Whittle
Sir Frank Whittle invented the first working jet engine. He first thought of his idea in 1929 and gained his first patent in 1932.
Local Museum Pays Tribute To Whittle
A museum in Coventry is paying tribute to one of the city's finest sons this week to mark one of the great developments in aviation history.
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The Coventry Airport based Midland Air Museum is dedicating a week to Sir Frank Whittle to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the first jet engine powered aeroplane flight.
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The celebrations will include a showing of rare colour-film footage from the 1940s of Sir Frank, who was born in Earlsdon, testing the Gloster E28/39 powered by his jet engine.
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Barry James, chairman of the board of trustees at the Midland Air Museum, wants this to lay to rest the myth that the great inventor's city has forgotten him.
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"Sir Frank is definitely not forgotten. The older generation will always remember him and now we are plugging away to make sure that school children and even people in their 20s realise he was from Coventry.
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"If they know the inventor of the jet engine was born in England it will be a start, but once they know he was born in Coventry and see how that ties in with the wonderful history of engineering there is in this area, it will be good for them and the city.
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"We will be showing a very rare and original archive film throughout the week. It is very special because it shows Sir Frank testing a design in the early 1940s and is in colour.
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"We normally show the film in bits, but to commemorate the anniversary of the first ever flight we will be showing it in full.
"There will also be experts available to talk to visitors about Sir Frank and to answer questions on his work. An early W2700 jet engine will be on display as well as a large model of an E28/39."
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Sir Frank, who was born in the city in 1907, applied to patent his design for the jet aircraft engine in 1930 and test ran a model in 1937.
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But it was not until 15 May 1941 that the Air Ministry-approved test flight of a Gloster E28/39, powered by Whittle's engine, marked the beginning of the jet age.
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He died in 1996 and was given Coventry's Award of Merit. He was last year named the Man of the Millennium in a Coventry Cathedral poll.
Sir Frank Whittle invented jet engine in 1939.It was W1 Whittle engine fitted on Gloster E 28 Aircraft & made its first flight on May 15, 1941.
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Bostonianamo's right. Sir Frank Whittle put the first Patent on, but a German scientist (Hans von Ohain) built the first one and beat him to the post (but only just). The Luftwaffe had the very first Jet aircraft followed very closely by the British.same person who invented baked beans.
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Like the others said. Sir Frank Whittle ( British ) And the government of the day rejected his idea at first. The idiots.Can a single engine such as a small Cessna fly at night?
RIP Frank
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Frank WhittleSir Frank Whittle,although the germans werent far behind
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Dr. Hans von Ohain, a 22 yr old German invented the first jet engine. The first jet aircraft to use his engine flew on 2 Apr 1941. After WWII Dr Ohain was brought to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base where he continued to improve the jet engine.More Questions & Answers ...
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