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The race for the jet engine

Inspiration, rejection and war - a personal account of the invention of the jet engine

Using eyewitness recordings from the 91热爆 archive we hear from the pioneers of the jet engine, Sir Frank Whittle and Hans von Ohain, about the struggle to develop a revolutionary new engine in the 1930s. An invention which would change the world.
Photo: Sir Frank Whittle (1907-1996) is pictured here with the Whittle WV engine at the Science Museum in London c 1988 (Getty Images)

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9 minutes

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Tue 13 Jul 2021 02:50GMT

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  • Mon 12 Jul 2021 07:50GMT
  • Mon 12 Jul 2021 11:50GMT
  • Mon 12 Jul 2021 17:50GMT
  • Tue 13 Jul 2021 02:50GMT

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