The images show Whittle in 1948 with a model of his engine and an actual example of an engine of the type used to power the Gloster Meteor.

The first British jet aircraft the Gloster E28/39 Experimental aircraft first flew with a W1 Whittle engine on 15th May 1941 with a thrust of 1000lbs at RAF Cranwell England. This led to the ...

The first British jet aircraft the Gloster E28/39 Experimental aircraft first flew with a W1 Whittle engine on 15th May 1941 with a thrust of 1000lbs at RAF Cranwell England. This led to the ...

After initial taxi trials the pilot - Gerry Sayer, the Gloster Aircraft Company's chief ... this diminutive aircraft had been fitted with Sir Frank Whittle's revolutionary gas turbine engine ...