I've been asked to tell you the story of jet propulsion, from the time 20 years ago when it was just an idea for making aeroplanes fly higher and faster, right up to the present. It's a long story ...

In the early days of the jet engine, Sir Frank Whittle’s prototypes relied on steel. This was a strong and hard material, but would not cope with the stresses of the modern gas turbine.

Sir Frank Whittle who first patented his ideas in 1930 for the jet engine and which culminated in the worlds first ever successful liquid fuelled turbo- jet engine ground run on the 12th April ...

Turbojets excel in high-speed flight, while turbofans offer better efficiency. Learn about history, differences and impact on the world of aviation!

The jet engine has a long and storied history. Its development occurred spontaneously amongst several unrelated groups in the early 20th Century. Frank Whittle submitted a UK patent on a design in ...

including one of the oldest jet engines on earth a British-designed whittle engine,” Combat Air Museum Director Kevin ...

To avoid the possibility of bomb damage at Brockworth, a likely Luftwaffe target, this diminutive aircraft had been fitted with Sir Frank Whittle's revolutionary gas turbine engine at Regent ...