Jet Engine And Secret Projects | Whittle, Power Jets, The Miles M.52, Plus Rare Upscaled Footage

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The Jet Engine and secret projects. Whittle, Power Jets, the Miles M.52.
Includes never seen before restored and upscaled footage and interviews with Sir Frank Whittle. the inventor of the turbojet, and the point of view of Eric "Winkle" Brown about the cancellation of the Miles M.52 project, which should/could have been the first aircraft to officially break the sound barrier.
Whittle did not produce the world's first jet plane. This honor goes to German Hans von Ohain with the Heinkel He 178 on 27 August 1939. However, Whittle invented the first turbojet engine and contributed to the advancement of the jet engine, an invention that has proved vital to the modern age.

Whittle's first engine, the Power Jet W.1, was fitted to the British aircraft Gloster Meteor G.40. The first test flight took place on 15 May 1941, although it did not become operational until 1944.

After the Second World War, the jet engine gradually replaced the propeller in squadron after squadron of the RAF. The Canberra, Britain's first jet bomber, entered service in 1951. This was the same year the public information film Wing to Wing showcased the RAF's worldwide commitments and new jet aircraft.

In 1929, a twenty-two-year-old maverick named Frank Whittle - a self-taught aeronautical obsessive and risk-takingly brilliant RAF pilot - presented a blueprint for a revolutionary, jet-powered aircraft engine to the Air Ministry. His idea could potentially change the course of history, but it was summarily rejected.
Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle, OM, KBE, CB, FRS, FRAeS (1 June 1907 – 8 August 1996) was an English engineer, inventor and Royal Air Force (RAF) air officer. He is credited with inventing 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 (but never operational) turbojet engine.

Whittle demonstrated an aptitude for engineering and an interest in flying from an early age. At first, he was turned down by the RAF, but determined to join the force, he overcame his physical limitations and was accepted and sent to the No. 2 School of Technical Training to join the No. 1 Squadron of Cranwell Aircraft Apprentices. He was taught the theory of aircraft engines and gained practical experience in engineering workshops. His academic and practical abilities as an Aircraft Apprentice earned him a place on the officer training course at Cranwell. He excelled in his studies and became an accomplished pilot. While writing his thesis, he formulated the fundamental concepts that led to the creation of the turbojet engine, taking out a patent on his design in 1930. His performance on an officers' engineering course earned him a place on a further course at Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he graduated with a First.


Without Air Ministry support, he and two retired RAF servicemen formed Power Jets Ltd to build his engine with assistance from the firm of British Thomson-Houston. Despite limited funding, a prototype was created, which first ran in 1937. Official interest was forthcoming following this success, with contracts being placed to develop further engines, but the continuing stress seriously affected Whittle's health, eventually resulting in a nervous breakdown in 1940. In 1944, when Power Jets was nationalized, he again suffered a nervous breakdown and resigned from the board in 1946.

In 1948, Whittle retired from the RAF and received a knighthood. He joined BOAC as a technical advisor before working as an engineering specialist with Shell, followed by a position with Bristol Aero Engines. After emigrating to the U.S. in 1976, he accepted the position of NAVAIR Research Professor at the United States Naval Academy from 1977 to 1979. In August 1996, Whittle died of lung cancer at his home in Columbia, Maryland. In 2002, Whittle was ranked number 42 in the BBC poll of the 100 Greatest Britons.

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