Collection relating to Sir Frank Whittle's jet engine

This collection of memorabilia relates to the first ever jet engine, designed and invented by Sir Frank Whittle. It includes; a reel-to-reel tape showing one of the first ever jet engine speed trials, a report on 'The Development of the Whittle Jet Engine', by W A Randles, original photographs of the jet engine plus Whittle and his team, and a collection of newspaper cuttings.