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America 250: The creation of the jet engine

toggle audio on and off change volume download audio WTOP's Dan Ronan reports how Sir Frank Whittle designed the first jet engine. Britain’s Sir Frank Whittle is the forgotten co-founder of the jet engine. Related stories America 250: Stealth technology reshaped modern warfare and military survival America 250: The impact of GPS on the US military and the rest of us America 250: How airmail helped launch modern aviation A Royal Air Force officer in the 1920s, Whittle wrote a thesis for his graduation from flight school. His topic was on future ways to fly faster, higher and safer. In 1930, Whittle designed and sought a patent on his first jet engine. His idea languished and failed to gain...

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