Frank D Whittle

Genesis: Frank Whittle and the Invention of the Jet Engine

This is the story of a genius throttled by British government bureaucracy. Although gagged for decades by the secrecy of that period, the story can now be told in full and these revelations provide a fascinating insight into the attitudes of the wartime government and military establishment, attitud...

Jet: Frank Whittle and the Invention of the Jet Engine

In 12 April 1937 Frank Whittle became the first person to successfully start and run a turbojet engine. In May 1941 the engine took to the air in an experimental Gloster-Whittle aircraft, but despite the RAF's desperate need for air supremacy over her enemies, little support was forthcoming from the...

Frank Whittle: Invention of the Jet (Revolutions in Science)

Tells the true story of Frank Whittle inventing the jet engine and revolutionizing avaiation.

Gas Turbine Aero-Thermodynamics: With Special Reference to Aircraft Propulsion

Frank Whittle: Invention of the Jet by Nahum, Andrew (2004) Hardcover

Gas Turbine Aero-Thermodynamics: With Special Reference to Aircraft Propulsion

Frank Whittle

Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle, OM, KBE, CB, FRS, Hon FRAeS (1 June 1907 9 August 1996) was a British Royal Air Force (RAF) engineer officer.