During World War II, the U.S. Army Air Corps (the predecessor of the U.S. Air Force) sought to build a version of a jet engine developed in Britain by Sir Frank Whittle. Because of GE's expertise ...

April 28 has long been a day marked by remarkable events that have shaped the course of history across the globe. Turning ...

The story of the Gloster Meteor begins with the visionary work of Sir Frank Whittle, who patented the ... including the untested nature of jet engines and the urgency of wartime demands—and ...

English aviator and engineer Frank Whittle patented the jet engine in 1930 and first tested it on the ground in 1937. He was beaten to the skies by German designer Hans Pabst von Ohain ...

celebrating the genius of Sir Frank Whittle whose pioneering work on the jet engine led to the first flight of the Gloster E28/39 aircraft which left the ground at Brockworth, near Gloucester, during ...

1931: Spanish voters reject the monarchy. 1937: Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft at Rugby. 1940: Italy annexes Albania. 1945: Franklin D Roosevelt dies ...

Frank Whittle, a machinist’s son and Royal Air Force pilot, came up with the idea for a jet engine while serving as a flight instructor in the early 1930s. “Whittle was an odd duck pushing an ...

About 3,000 labor union members have gone on strike at jet engine maker Pratt & Whitney in Connecticut, as negotiations over wages, retirement benefits and job security broke down EAST HARTFORD ...

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — About 3,000 labor union members went on strike early Monday at jet engine maker Pratt & Whitney in Connecticut, as negotiations over wages, retirement benefits and job ...