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Frank Whittle

Born

in Coventry, The United Kingdom

June 01, 1907

Died

August 09, 1996

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Biography, Nonfiction

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Frank Whittle will always be associated with one of the most important developments in aircraft construction: the jet engine.
He attended schools at Coventry and Leamington. From his earliest years all his interests centred on aeroplanes and engines.
He entered the Royal Air Force as an aircraft apprentice. At the first attempt he was rejected, because he was only five feet in height. Many a boy of fifteen would have been completely disheartened at this decision, but the young Whittle began to undertake physical exercises which added three inches to his height. He was then accepted. Five years later, when he was twenty-one years of age, he became a Pilot Officer. That was in the year 1928. He showed himself to be most skilful in handling an a ...more

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	The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World by Simon Winchester (Narrator), Matthew Boulton (Contributor), James Watt (Contributor) 4.15 avg rating — 6,767 ratings — published 2018 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jet: The Story of a Pioneer 4.11 avg rating — 167 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Genesis of the Jet: Frank Whittle and the Invention of the Jet Engine by John Golley, Bill Gunston (Editor), Frank Whittle 4.21 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jet: the Story of a Pioneer 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gas turbine aero-thermodynamics: With special reference to aircraft propulsion (Pergamon international library of science, technology, engineering, and social studies) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1981 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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