Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle: The Man Who Invented the Turbo-jet

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The invention by Whittle of the turbo—jet engine, and the determined effort to design, develop and demonstrate that such a novel new method of propulsion would replace piston engines in the air, was one of the most important technical achievements of the twentieth century. That one man accomplished this working with a small but dedicated team of engineers and craftsman in the middle of a war, and in the face of many doub...