In 1942, the flight test establishment started tests on the new Power Jets Whittle Unit ( WU ) engine, designed by Sir Frank Whittle.
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In September 2015 Clarricoats was awarded the Sir Frank Whittle medal of the Royal Academy of Engineering, one of the academy's highest accolades.
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A New York Times News Service obituary about Sir Frank Whittle, the inventor of the jet engine, misstated the history of jet airplanes in warfare.
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One of its two teachers at the time, was Miss Whittle, the daughter of Sir Frank Whittle, co-inventor of the jet engine.
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The British experimental Gloster E . 28 / 39 first took to the air on May 15, 1941, powered by Sir Frank Whittle's turbojet.
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On 1 June 2007, Stuart was the MC for the unveiling of a statue by Faith Winter of Sir Frank Whittle, the Coventry born jet pioneer.
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The company worked for Sir Frank Whittle, the jet-engine pioneer, and it machined compressor blades for the gas-turbine engines in the early 1940s.
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Many years later, Sir Frank Whittle, building on the early work of Elling, managed to build a practical gas turbine engine for an airplane, the jet engine.
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His achievements won recognition from the British Government in the form of a large cash award, similar to that given to Sir Frank Whittle, inventor of the jet engine.
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Many more became commissioned officers, including Sir Frank Whittle " father of the jet engine ", who completed his apprenticeship at RAF Cranwell, before the move to RAF Halton.
