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 ...

The engine is a centrofugal W2/700 which produced 2500lbs thrust and was also the type to be used in the proposed Miles 52 Supersonic Experimental Aircraft Project of 1944. Sir Frank Whittle who ...

Michael Mosley, Cassie Newland and Mark Miodownik describe the scientific achievements of Frank Whittle. After WW1 there was a large investment in aviation. Many car companies built engines but ...

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 ...

It was signed by Frank Whittle, the test pilot and members of Power Jets Development Team. An undoubtedly unique object at the dawn of modern aviation history, which saw a revolution in ...