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 ...

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 ...

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.

Although the city was the birthplace of jet-engine inventor Sir Frank Whittle, nothing has been arranged to mark the occasion. The same is true in Rugby, where Sir Frank lived in the 1930s while ...

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 ...

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.