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A nation's ability to fight a modern war is as good as its technological ability.
— Frank Whittle
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Frank Whittle
military flight engineer, aircraft pilot, inventor, engineer, aerospace engineer
1907 – 1996
Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle, was an English engineer, inventor and Royal Air Force (RAF) air officer. He is credited with co-creating the turbojet engine. A patent was submitted by Maxime Guillaume in 1921 for a similar invention which was technically unfeasible at the time. Whittle's jet engines were developed some years earlier than those of Germany's Hans von Ohain, who designed the first-to-fly turbojet engine as well as Austria’s Anselm Franz.