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“Courtesy of the German Trade Commission in London, the series included copies of drawings that had been filed with Whittle’s patent submissions, much to his dismay.”
― Jet Man: The Making and Breaking of Frank Whittle, Genius of the Jet Revolution
― Jet Man: The Making and Breaking of Frank Whittle, Genius of the Jet Revolution
“The man had come straight from working in the German aircraft industry, and had told his new Scottish colleagues that he had personal knowledge of several aeronautical engineers in Germany ‘working on jet propulsion’.”
― Jet Man: The Making and Breaking of Frank Whittle, Genius of the Jet Revolution
― Jet Man: The Making and Breaking of Frank Whittle, Genius of the Jet Revolution
“The W.1A did prove itself an exceptional design in the end: it was actually the first jet engine ever to pass the ‘100-hour test’, which it did late in 1942 with more than half the continuous running time achieved at almost full speed.”
― Jet Man: The Making and Breaking of Frank Whittle, Genius of the Jet Revolution
― Jet Man: The Making and Breaking of Frank Whittle, Genius of the Jet Revolution
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