Frank Whittle
British Royal Air Force engineer air officer (1907–1996)
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Updated 2026-05-29
Frank Whittle pioneered the turbojet engine that would transform aviation, though German rival Hans von Ohain got his version into the air first. Still, the RAF engineer's jet patents shaped the jet age that followed.
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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.
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