Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle, OM, KBE, CB, FRS, FRAeS (1 June 1907 – 8 August 1996) was an English engineer, inventor and Royal Air Force (RAF) air... 76 KB (10,192 words) - 23:52, 20 March 2024 |
The Sir Frank Whittle Medal is awarded annually by the Royal Academy of Engineering to an engineer, normally resident in the United Kingdom, for outstanding... 3 KB (112 words) - 14:15, 8 December 2023 |
Gloster E.28/39 (redirect from Gloster Whittle) designs that Frank Whittle had been developing during the 1930s. Gloster and the company's chief designer, George Carter, worked with Whittle to develop... 25 KB (3,122 words) - 13:45, 2 April 2024 |
Earlsdon (section Frank Whittle) southwest of Coventry City Centre. It is the birthplace of aviation pioneer Frank Whittle. Most shops and restaurants are laid out on Earlsdon Street, the suburban... 8 KB (677 words) - 12:44, 20 February 2024 |
Hearsall Common (section Frank Whittle) place in the War Memorial Park, Coventry was held at Hearsall Common. Frank Whittle, the aerospace engineer and jet pioneer, was born in Earlsdon, and the... 9 KB (859 words) - 07:45, 27 November 2022 |
The Whittle Arch is a public art installation in Coventry, England. It is dedicated to Sir Frank Whittle, the inventor of the turbojet engine, who was... 3 KB (318 words) - 19:14, 12 June 2023 |
the Sun - Frank Whittle". PBS. Retrieved 26 March 2010. "History - Frank Whittle (1907–1996)". BBC. Retrieved 26 March 2010. Frank Whittle, "Improvements... 21 KB (2,911 words) - 21:12, 17 April 2024 |
Hans von Ohain (section Unaware of Whittle?) designer of the first turbojet engine to power an aircraft. Together with Frank Whittle he has been described as the co-inventor of the turbojet engine however... 34 KB (4,248 words) - 00:55, 22 April 2024 |
Power Jets W.1 (redirect from Whittle W.1) The Power Jets W.1 (sometimes called the Whittle W.1) was a British turbojet engine designed by Frank Whittle and Power Jets. The W.1 was built under contract... 12 KB (1,291 words) - 13:52, 13 April 2024 |
Power Jets was a British company set up by Frank Whittle for the purpose of designing and manufacturing jet engines. The company was nationalised in 1944... 21 KB (2,370 words) - 06:44, 11 July 2023 |
The Power Jets WU (Whittle Unit) was a series of three very different experimental jet engines produced and tested by Frank Whittle and his small team... 12 KB (1,517 words) - 14:35, 10 January 2024 |
Peterhouse, Cambridge (section Whittle Building) Henry Cavendish, Charles Babbage, James Clerk Maxwell, James Dewar, Frank Whittle, and five Nobel prize winners in science: Sir John Kendrew, Sir Aaron... 39 KB (4,174 words) - 13:09, 17 April 2024 |
Borough Council on 4 June 2014. The Preston architecture company the Frank Whittle Partnership Limited (the FWP group), who have been involved in the successful... 9 KB (896 words) - 16:28, 14 January 2024 |
the Gloster E28/39 with a single turbo-jet engine (invented by Sir Frank Whittle) took off from the company's flight test airfield at Brockworth. This... 15 KB (1,389 words) - 11:57, 28 August 2023 |
using viscous forces by adding an ejector, as first envisaged by Whittle. Frank Whittle envisioned flight speeds of 500 mph in his March 1936 UK patent... 92 KB (11,175 words) - 06:44, 30 March 2024 |
1928: Frank Whittle formally submitted his ideas for a turbo-jet engine. In October 1929, he developed his ideas further. On 16 January 1930, Whittle submitted... 223 KB (23,096 words) - 21:15, 21 April 2024 |
This speed limitation led to research into jet engines, notably by Frank Whittle in England and Hans von Ohain in Germany. This also led to propellers... 42 KB (5,407 words) - 23:15, 18 March 2024 |
Power Jets W.2 (redirect from Whittle W.2) The Power Jets W.2 was a British turbojet engine designed by Frank Whittle and Power Jets (Research and Development) Ltd. Like the earlier Power Jets... 15 KB (1,892 words) - 21:08, 22 November 2023 |
this time. The jet engine was clearly an idea whose time had come. Frank Whittle submitted his first patent in 1930. By the late 1930s there were six... 36 KB (5,175 words) - 16:43, 14 March 2024 |
to any jet engine installation. Witnesses for Rolls-Royce, including Frank Whittle, convinced the judge that an intake did not produce the effect claimed... 20 KB (2,544 words) - 02:13, 25 April 2024 |