📆 On this day in 1907, Frank Whittle was born. Known as the “father of the jet age,” Whittle was an English aviation engineer who invented the jet engine. On behalf of pilots, passengers, and everyone in the aviation community…Thanks, Frank! ✈️ 🎥 Survival in the Skies: The Jet Race. For more like this, follow Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation. http://bit.ly/AVNationSC | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation

Modern RAF operations are entirely centred around the use of jet aircraft, but this wasn't always the case. 80 years ago the revolutionary engine designed by Frank Whittle made its first flight at RAF College Cranwell. Dr Seb Ritchie from the RAF Air Historical Branch explains the development of the engine, the challenges Whittle faced, and how the technology changed air warfare. | Royal Air Force

Sir Frank Whittle’s jet engine designs were a long time in the proving thanks to a delay in backing - could they have been operational years earlier? #warbirds #ww2 #jet #whittle #ww2history | Daniel J Wheatcroft

Jet engine was Invented in 1930 by Frank Whittle and Dr. Hans von Ohain, this engine was fully functional by the end of the decade. Epo Pupa (Red Oil) is the new oil🤷‍♀️👌 Wisdom!!! #2024invention #inventor #local #content #yoruba | Ola Olabode