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Frank Whittle

Summary

The David-versus-Goliath story of the man who built the WWII winning jet fighter in the face of huge opposition from the scientific community, the government and big business. In 1937, Whittle ran the world's first turbojet engine leading to a revolution in the way we travel--all of today's jet engines can trace their origin to Whittle's work.

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