At their helm was Frank Whittle, a maverick Midlands man who had powered his way through an RAF apprenticeship and a Cambridge University engineering course to design something many found unthinkable ...

If you were in Rugby 85 years ago you may have been disturbed by an almighty roar, the likes of which had never been heard before. April 12, 1937, is a day which changed the world of aviation forever ...

Frank Whittle: The Man Who Shrank The World will be shown on BBC One on Sunday 21 March at 1.25 pm BBC Radio Gloucestershire has organised a special public screening at the University of ...

British aviation engineer and legendary pilot Frank Whittle was the main player in the development of the jet engine that was to change the face of 20th century aviation. Written by Nick Smith Air ...

While it's fairly common knowledge to enthusiasts that the first jet fighter was the speedy Messerschmitt Me 262, introduced in 1944, the invention of the turbine jet itself may not be as widely known ...

JET engine inventor Sir Frank Whittle, who has died at the age of 89, changed the sound and shape of world travel. His revolutionary concept that put Britain at the forefront of the jet age came about ...

Lady Hazel S. Whittle, a registered nurse who had worked at the National Institutes of Health and was the widow of Sir Frank Whittle, who is considered one of the fathers of jet propulsion, died ...

The mighty Rolls-Royce jet engines that go from Derby to fly around the world all descended from a surprise invention made 90 years ago. It was in late 1929 that a young RAF pilot named Frank Whittle ...

SIR FRANK WHITTLE is not a name that rings with the familiarity of Wilbur and Orville Wright, but only the pioneering brothers and a German rival can equal his contributions to air travel as we know ...

The first flight of a British jet has been celebrated on its 75th anniversary by the son of Sir Frank Whittle, the man who designed its engine. Ian Whittle said the flight of the Gloster E28 came ...

Sir Frank Whittle's workshop, in Leamington Spa, in Warwickshire, had stood empty since 2006. It was bought by a building firm which planned to knock it down and redevelop the site for refuse storage.

A new heritage trail is being created to showcase the history of one of Britain's most important aircraft factories. The Gloster Aircraft Company (GAC) assembled around 10,000 planes on the site at ...