As a captain, Frank Whittle was the inventor of the first satisfactory jet propulsion aircraft engine in England.

-He was born in Coventry in 1907. (See Whittle, too). Later his merits were recognized and he was given the treatment of Sir.

-His first unit worked in 1937. In 1930, he related the idea of a gas turbine with jet propulsion in its patent 347206.

“Whittle's patent drawing”

-Although the first plane in the world to fly with this system was the German Heinkel He-178, with an engine designed by Von Ohain. (see).

“Frank Whittle”

-The continuity of Frank's work was the basis for the development of these engines in the UK and also in the USA.