Sir Frank Whittle 1907 - 1996
- occupation:
- Aeronautical engineer, Inventor
- Nationality:
- British; English
- born in:
- Coventry, Coventry, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
G. B. R. Feilden, ‘Whittle, Sir Frank (1907–1996)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/67854] Sir Frank Whittle (1907–1996): doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/67854
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Model of Whittle WU Turbojet, as first constructed. 1/3 scale
