Frank Whittle: The FULL Story.
The complete rare interviews that were recently digitized from 16mm film.
https://youtu.be/WSJdyUGlE7w?si=D36NKPOIEaNFcGSv
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My father left my brothers and me some land in his will and on the property are numerous J33 turbo jet engines. Some have been uncovered while others are in very large metal containers...
A 1952 documentary about the first American jet engine, which was (Sir) Frank Whittle's invention.
In late 1941, when World War II raged all over Europe and Nazi bombers flew over London, a group of GE engineers in Lynn, Massachusetts, received a secret present from His Majesty King George VI...
A documentary about Whittle's invention (patented in1930). The video also features interviews with Hans von Ohain, Whittle's German counterpart, credited with the first flight of a turbojet.
It is interesting to note that Whittle's research in those years was largely unsupported, whereas von...
Jet Man. Frank Whittle, The Turbojet Pioneer And Genius of the Jet Revolution. A Full Documentary. Includes several interviews to pilots such as Eric "Winkle" Brown