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Frank Whittle, Sir | | Birth Date: |
June 1, 1907 | | Death Date: |
August 8, 1996 | | Place of Birth: |
Coventry, England | | Place of Death: |
Columbia, Maryland, United States | | Nationality: |
English | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
engineer |
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 Biography of Frank Whittle, Sir
889 words, approx. 3 pages
 The British Royal Air Force officer and engineer Sir Frank Whittle (1907-1996) invented the turbojet method of aircraft propulsion. Frank Whittle was born on June 1, 1907, in Coventry, England, the son of a mechanical engineer. He joined the Royal Air... summary from source:
 Biography of Frank Whittle
420 words, approx. 1 pages
Born at Coventry in 1907, Frank Whittle became a Royal Air Force (RAF) apprentice in 1923. During the next several years he advanced to pilot, flight instructor, and RAF officer. Between World War I and World War II, aircraft designers realized that... 
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 Sir Frank Whittle Summary
667 words, approx. 2 pages1907-1996 English Aviation Engineer Sir Frank Whittle was responsible for one of the most important inventions to come out of World War II—a machine that, like the computer, arrived on the scene late and only came to prominence in the postwar... summary from source:
 Whittle, Sir Frank
78 words, approx. 1 pages(born June 1, 1907, Coventry, Warwickshire, Eng.—died Aug. 8, 1996, Columbia, Md., U.S.) British aviation engineer and pilot who invented the jet engine. He obtained his first patent for a turbojet engine in 1930, and in 1936 he cofounded Power... summary from source:
 Frank Whittle Information
4,723 words, approx. 16 pages
Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle, OM, KBE, FRS, Hon FRAeS (1 June 1907–9 August 1996) was a British Royal Air Force officer. Sharing credit with Germany's Dr. Hans von Ohain for independently inventing the jet engine, he is hailed as a father of...
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 The Independent - London Obituary:Sir Frank Whittle
08/17/1996: 471 words, approx. 2 pages It is sad that John Golley, who knew him so well, should have repeated so many of the old myths about Frank Whittle {obituary, 10 August}, writes Anthony Furse. There is no doubt that most of the delays in making British gas-turbines to... summary from source:
The Independent - London Obituaries: Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle
08/10/1996: 2,498 words, approx. 8 pages A lecture by Frank Whittle was a refreshing cocktail of technical brilliance, laced with bubbly humour and occasionally spiked with a quip or joke to avoid any sign of pomposity. For his listeners, aware that they were in the company of an eminent Englishman...
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