Frank Whittle
/ˌfræŋk ˈwɪtl/
/ˌfræŋk ˈwɪtl/
- (1907-96) an English engineer, best known for inventing the jet engine, the type of engine now used in most aircraft, which gives forward movement by releasing a stream of gases at high speed behind it. He was made a knight in 1948.
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