Happy birthday, Frank Whittle! (P3Dv4)
On this day in the year 1907, the father of the turbojet engine was born. Frank Whittle was born in Earlsdon, Coventry, England, on June 1st of 1907. He was accepted into the Royal Air Force in September of 1923. While in RAF service, he became an aircraft mechanic, and then a pilot. He began designing his jet engines in the late 1920s, and came up with a working prototype mounted in an aircraft in the late 1930s to early 1940s. After World War Two, he became a technical advisor for British Overseas Aircraft Corporation, where he stayed until 1952. In 1953, he went to work for Shell designing a self-powered drill for use in the oil industry. In 1957, he went to work for Bristol Aero Engines, who were picking up the work on the drill Whittle had designed. Soon, however, due to monetary strain, the drill design was lost. In 1976, he emigrated to the United States, and began work as NAVAIR Research Professor at the United States Naval Academy, at Annapolis, Maryland. He died of lung cancer on August 9th of 1996 in Columbia, Maryland. His remains were cremated and sent to England to be placed in a memorial at a church in Cranwell.
Memorials to Frank Whittle can be found in towns across England, including Coventry, Lutterworth, Cambridge, Hampshire, Derby, Burnham, London, Clitheroe, and Birmingham, among many others.
Frank whittle monument.
Frank Whittle was born on 1 June 1907 in Coventry, the son of a mechanic. His first attempts to join the RAF failed as a result of his lack of height, but on his third attempt he was accepted as an apprentice in 1923. He qualified as a pilot officer in 1928.
As a cadet Whittle had written a thesis arguing that planes would need to fly at high altitudes, where air resistance is much lower, in order to achieve long ranges and high speeds. Piston engines and propellers were unsuitable for this purpose, so he concluded that rocket propulsion or gas turbines driving propellers would be required. Jet propulsion was not in his thinking at this stage. By October 1929, Whittle had considered using a fan enclosed in the fuselage to generate a fast flow of air to propel a plane at high altitude. A piston engine would use too much fuel, so he thought of using a gas turbine. After the Air Ministry turned him down, he patented the idea himself.
In 1935, Whittle secured financial backing and, with Royal Air Force approval, Power Jets Ltd was formed. They began constructing a test engine in July 1936, but it proved inconclusive. Whittle concluded that a complete rebuild was required, but lacked the necessary finances. Protracted negotiations with the Air Ministry followed and the project was secured in 1940. By April 1941, the engine was ready for tests. The first flight was made on 15 May 1941. By October the United States had heard of the project and asked for the details and an engine. A Power Jets team and the engine were flown to Washington to enable General Electric to examine it and begin construction. The Americans worked quickly and their XP-59A Airacomet was airborne in October 1942, some time before the British Meteor, which became operational in 1944.
The jet engine proved to be a winner, particularly in America where the technology was enthusiastically embraced. Whittle retired from the RAF in 1948 with the rank of air commodore. He was knighted in the same year and went to work in the US shortly afterwards, becoming a research professor at the US Naval Academy at Annapolis. Whittle died on 9 August 1996.
Whittle On
Written produced and directed by DANIEL G HUGHES
Presented and Narrated by KEN SEYMOUR (Lutterworth Town Mayor 2008)
Filmed and Edited by DANIEL G HUGHES
Special thanks to
GEOFF SMITH (Lutterworth Museum) thisislutterworth.com
GORDON SINCLAIR
LUTTERWORTH TOWN BAND
EILEEN DERREK
COVENTRY AIRPORT coventryairport.co.uk
PHIL BAILEY (Lutterworth Improvement Partnership)
MIDLAND AIR MUSEUM midlandairmuseum.co.uk
HINCKLEY COLLEGE nwhc.ac.uk
THE FOX INN, Lutterworth
RADIO LUTTERWORTH radiolutterworth.com
BRUNTINGTHORPE AERODROME bruntingthorpe.com
Music by ALBANY DOWN
LUTTERWORTH TOWN COUNCIL
A community based documentary that explores the influential history of the English market town, of Lutterworth, in Leicestershire. The intention of the film was to create an awareness and to celebrate the influential past of the town, exploring the folk that have worked and resided in Lutterworth. In doing this film takes a look at the how the town has in the past shaped the world we live in today. Whittle On talks about Sir Frank Whittle who worked tirelessly at Lutterworth's Ladywood Works. He eventually went onto develop one of the most important inventions of modern times; the jet engine.
Amongst other historical figures Whittle On also discusses the work of John Wycliffe who with help from others is thought to have translated the bible from Latin to English.
Lutterworth Whittle Weekend 18/19 May 2013
A special exhibition exploring the work of Sir Frank Whittle showed there is still plenty of interest in the aviation
pioneer more than 70 years after his jet engine first flew.
Displays at Lutterworth Museum at the weekend featured a number of artefacts from the work of Sir Frank's Power jets firm to develop the jet engine.
Among the exhibits were original combustion chambers from the engine, on loan from Snibston Discovery Museum.
There was also footage of the engine's testing and development, a model of the the first flight engine the W1 and Sidewinder and Martel missiles on loan from the Cold War Jets collection at Bruntingthorpe.
Tours took visitors to the Whittle roundabout, the original Power Jets workshop in Lutterworth, the jets display at Bruntingthorpe and Brownsover Hall in Rugby, where Sir Frank and his administrative staff based their offices.
Geoff Smith, of the museum, said: We had a lot of interest. We were very busy and well supported by the town.
The weekend marked the 72nd anniversary of Sir Frank's jet's first flight on May 15, 1941.
It also marked the 10th anniversary of the erection of a scale model of the jet aircraft on the Rugby Road roundabout at the southern entrance to Lutterworth.
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Places to see in ( Lutterworth - UK )
Places to see in ( Lutterworth - UK )
Lutterworth is a market town and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. The town is located in southern Leicestershire, 6.8 mi north of Rugby, in Warwickshire and 15 mi south of Leicester.
The name of Lutterworth is probably derived from the Old Norse name Lutter's Vordig meaning Luther's farm. Lutterworth was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. The town was granted its market charter in 1214 by King John and continues to hold a market to this day, every Thursday. Usually there are up to ten stalls selling a variety of items from fruit and vegetables to clothes.
In the 14th century, the religious reformer Canon John Wycliffe was rector in Lutterworth's parish church of St Mary between 1374 and 1384, and it was here that he is traditionally believed to have produced the first translation of the Bible from Latin into English.
The Irish statesman Robert le Poer was parish priest here c.1318.
In the days of the stagecoach, Lutterworth was an important stopping-place on the road from Leicester to Oxford and London, and many former coaching inns remain in the town. The town also contains some historic half-timbered buildings, some of which date back to the 16th century.
Three railway stations have borne the name Lutterworth, but only one was actually in the town. The first was Ullesthorpe & Lutterworth, about 3 mi (4.8 km) to the north west, on the former Midland Railway (later part of the LMS) line from Rugby to Leicester, closed on 1 January 1962. The second was Welford & Kilworth, at one time known as Welford & Lutterworth, some 5 mi (8.0 km) east on the London and North Western Railway (also later LMS) line from Rugby to Market Harborough and Peterborough, closed on 6 June 1966. The third (the only one actually in Lutterworth) was on the Great Central Railway (later part of the LNER), the last main line to be constructed from the north of England to London, opened on 15 March 1899.
One of the established landmarks of the town is the 17th century building on the corner of George Street and Leicester Road, a tavern called the Cavalier Inn. The Cavalier Inn is located just on the northern edge of the town centre of Lutterworth and dates back to the 17th century. Although the building has been tastefully modified over the years, it still retains its rustic charm with granite walls and low ceilings and beams.
The architect of Lutterworth Town Hall was Joseph Hansom, who took out the first patent of the horse-drawn hansom cab. He also built Birmingham Town Hall. Another of the landmarks of the town centre is the thatched roof & timber framed building now known as the 'Shambles Inn'. This former abattoir and butcher's is the oldest timber-framed building in Lutterworth dating back to the 16th century, it was a first used as a public house in 1791 until 1840 it was then converted back to a home and butcher's shop. In 1982 it was converted back into a public house and named the Shambles.
Lutterworth lies on the A426 Leicester–Rugby road, adjacent to the M1 motorway at junction 20. It is also located within a few miles of the M6 motorway and A5 trunk road. The town once had a station on the Great Central Railway; however, since its closure the nearest railway station is now at Rugby. A southern bypass, the A4303, was opened in 1999, providing a route for traffic from the M1 to the A5 to avoid Lutterworth town centre.
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Whittle the jet pioneer
It's often said that Sir Frank Whittle shrank the world. With his invention of the jet engine, he did something more exciting: he enabled billions of us to see what that world actually looked like, from miles up in the sky.
His legacy is the endless daily movement between the world's cities of one airliner after another. Yet when he first conceived the engine that would make feasible such mass air travel, aeroplanes were wood and canvas contraptions powered by car engines that flew low - and slow.
Whittle - The Jet Pioneer reveals how Frank Whittle invented the jet engine and made a transport revolution. The core of the film is a fine interview he gave Quanta Ltd. in his later years; its narrative is one of the most extraordinary - and tragic - stories of the last century.
Viewers will be struck by Whittle's charm - and also by his vision and tenacity. At every turn his story is one of beating massive odds and obstacles. A natural aviator, at just 22 he predicts the future of flight. Repelled by the noisy piston planes he flies so well, in 1929 he spots that the gas turbine can be harnessed to produce a jet to fly a plane. And yet no-one wants to know.
Documentary film: 47' and 71' versions, English
A fascinating documentary about an aviation legend.
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1950's information film on the jet engine
Sir Frank Whittle - 70th Year Celebration Of The Jet Engine - 2013.
Sir Frank Whittle - 70th Year Celebration Of The Jet Engine - 2013.
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Director: Nicolas Jones
Cast: Sir Frank Whittle
Release Date: 10/2/2012
Studio: Shelter Island
Rating: G
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Sir Frank Whittle KBE, FRSA war ein englischer Pilot, Erfinder und Geschäftsmann.Seine größte Leistung war die Erfindung des Strahltriebwerks, das er unabhängig und zeitgleich zu Hans von Ohain entwickelte.
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10 Years Of Jets (1951)
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C/U two guests arriving at Dorchester Hotel. M/S Major General MacConnell, U.S.A.F., arriving. M/S model of jet aircraft hanging from ceiling. M/S guests standing around with jet motor in foreground. C/U Lord Trenchard chatting. M/S Messrs. Tom Sopwith, Sir Frank Whittle and Sprigg-Carter in background looking at jet engine, pan to jet engine. C/U's Sopwith, Carter and Whittle. C/U Sir John Slessor, Chief of Air Staff, about to sit down. M/S guests at table. M/S Mr Sopwith at microphone. C/U Sopwith speaking about the jet. M/S as audience applaud. Various shots as Sopwith presents Whittle with trophy. M/S first jet plane. C/U first jet engine, pan to one of modern design. Various shots Canberra bomber being wheeled out. C/U jet engine starting. C/U Squadron Leader Callard. M/S Canberra bomber in flight. Various shots Comet in flight.
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British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.
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The Jet Engine in the Woods - Local History Ep. 1
In the forests of North Vancouver you can find what remains of not just one, but two planes that crashed into the mountains over 60 years ago.
On Grouse Mountain, the engine of an F-86 Sabre can be found on the forest just south of The Cut along with a memorial to Lt. Lamar Barlow, the pilot who lost his life in the crash on February 12, 1954.
Tucked away on a ridge near Mount Elsay is where Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 3 crashed into the forest on the night of April 28, 1947 to never be seen for another 47 years when the plane was eventually found.
This is the first video in the Local History series covering local stories from across Canada (although, for now, most of the early videos will be around the Vancouver area).
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In Southam in Warwickshire, Mr and Mrs Clewes run an animal farm with a difference. The animals live in and share food and accommodation. There is a leopard and a donkey to mention just two. Quite an experiment in living together.
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Who Invented the World's First Jet Engine? - Part 3
Who invented the world's first jet engine for the aircraft? English engineer, Sir Frank Whittle sent Gloster E28/39 jet engines to American aircraft engineers during World War II. And after World War II, Sir Frank Whittle sold Gloster E28/39 jet engine to Russian aircraft engineers to build the famous Russian jet fighters, MiG 15 since 1947.