File:Whittle Jet Engine W2-700.JPG
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Whittle W2/700 Engine. Frank Whittle developed the first turbojet engine with enough operating thrust to power an aircraft in 1939. The W2 was the second, more powerful, version of a flight-ready turbojet engine developed by Whittle. The W2/700 engine flew in the Gloster E.28/39, the first British aircraft to fly with a turbojet engine, and the Gloster Meteor. Photographed Farnborough, 22-Jan-06. |
| Date | 22 January 2006 (original upload date) |
| Source | No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims). |
| Author | No machine-readable author provided. Gaius Cornelius assumed (based on copyright claims). |
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| current | 06:37, 22 January 2006 | | 1,092 × 938 (171 KB) | wikimediacommons>Gaius Cornelius | Whittle W2/700 Engine. Frank Whittle developed the fisrt tub |
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