The Gloster E28/39's engine was designed by George Carter for Sir Frank Whittle's engine The first flight of a British jet has been celebrated on its 75th anniversary by the son of Sir Frank ...

The Gloster E28/39, powered by Coventry inventor Sir Frank Whittle’s pioneering propulsion system, took off from RAF Cranwell on May 15, 1941, marking the start of the jet age.

On 15 May 1941, the Gloster E28/39 aircraft powered by Sir Frank Whittle's pioneering engine took off for a flight that lasted almost 17 minutes. In commemoration, a replica of the aircraft was ...

6 GLOSTER E28/39 FRANK WHITTLE . Frank Whittle's idea for a jet engine was first overlooked, then underestimated, until his engineering genius and sheer perseverance won through.

As there was no suitable aircraft for the jet engine to be fitted to, the Gloster-Whittle E28/39 ‘Pioneers’ was designed and built. A full-size monument of the plane was placed on a roundabout ...

The Gloster ‘Whittle’ E28/39 first flew on May 15 1941 as the first successful jet aircraft, with the engine designed by Frank Whittle.

The Whittle Unit bench test engine first ran on April 12, 1937. In 1939, the British Air Ministry placed a contract for the W.1 engine to be flight tested on the new Gloster E.28/39 aircraft. During ...

The Meteor Marked the Start of Britain’s Jet Age. The first Meteor prototype, powered by two Whittle W.1 engines, took flight on March 5, 1943, at RAF Cranwell, piloted by Michael Daunt.

A life-size replica of Britain's first jet aeroplane is being installed on a roundabout near Rugby. A huge 70-tonne mobile crane will carefully lower the Gloster Whittle E28/39 into place on the ...

Early models, such as the Meteor F.1, were powered by Rolls-Royce Welland engines based on Whittle’s design, producing 1,700 pounds of thrust each, which gave the aircraft a top speed of around ...