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Frank Whittle: The FULL Story. The complete rare interviews that were recently digitized from 16mm film. https://youtu.be/WSJdyUGlE7w?si=D36NKPOIEaNFcGSv

A very interesting, never seen before interview with German engineer Hans Von Ohain, and his take on the invention of the turbojet. Part 2: https://youtu.be/1_MwK40drvM

Rare footage filmed by Frank Whittle's friend in color. It is a short story about Power Jets, but it also contains a lot of interesting footage, some never published before, including some footage of early testing of the Miles M.52. The video includes never published before bits of Frank...

The Bell XP-59-1A The first US Jet Powered Aircraft, 1942. https://youtu.be/KHeoTpXvYZA

Genius Of The Jet. The Invention Of The turbojet: Frank Whittle. Historical Lost Interviews (PART 1) https://youtu.be/crRbwtWquvw

A rare letter that changed aviation history. After struggling for several years, Frank Whittle, the inventor of the turbojet, received a proposal that led to limited private funding, allowing him to develop the first working turbojet in April 1937. The turbojet history: https://youtu.be/vBgRnt4lNYw

The First Jet Fighters - PART 2 [Documentary] https://youtu.be/lcBL9sVROLY

The First Jet Fighter. Heinkel 280 versus Messerschmitt Me 262. https://youtu.be/0bd24F56GNo

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