Frank Whittle: Inventor Of The Turbojet Engine | Spark

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  • Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
  • Whittle - The Jet Pioneer reveals the titanic struggle of a young aviator and engineer as the Nazis took Europe into total war. It was a race for air superiority between Germany and the Allies. Ultimately the young inventor became one of the most influential Britons of the 20th century with an invention that changed the face of our planet.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 18

  • @riderinsanjose337
    @riderinsanjose337 11 місяців тому +7

    I find it an absolute pleasure to listen to this mature gentleman speak.

  • @mikeconnery4652
    @mikeconnery4652 11 місяців тому

    Excellent production

  • @arthurburke1044
    @arthurburke1044 11 місяців тому +2

    Believe it or not,I was just sitting here reading 📖 over my homework 📄 on diesel and jet 🛩 fuel ⛽️ and I just happened to see this. Got any answers for up coming class on Thursday ???

  • @vesawuoristo4162
    @vesawuoristo4162 11 місяців тому

    What a great show 👏

  • @johnfranklin8319
    @johnfranklin8319 11 місяців тому

    The high bypass turbofan jet engine, the type of jet engines flying today was handed to the British Government by Frank Whittle and they pissed it away! Wow!

  • @johnfranklin8319
    @johnfranklin8319 11 місяців тому +1

    It’s frustrating to see the short sightedness of the powers that be in England when it comes the potential of the jet engine, just like the American powers that be when approached by the Wright Brothers and their airplane.

    • @MusicismoreImportant
      @MusicismoreImportant 2 місяці тому +1

      Frank whittle
      James Hargreaves
      James watt
      John Shepherd barron
      Arthur Conan Doyle
      Arthur benison Hubback
      Tim Berners Lee
      Charles Babbage
      Joseph Wilson swan
      Alan turing
      Joseph aspdin
      Henry Purcell
      Henry Bessemer
      Roger Bacon
      Michael faraday
      Edwin lutyens
      Robert Hooke
      Edmond Halley
      Isaac Newton
      Sir Christopher wren 🇬🇧 🐐

  • @Awesomes007
    @Awesomes007 11 місяців тому

    Of course Eric Brown was accidentally there. It’s hard not to be a little jealous of that guy!

  • @c1ph3rpunk
    @c1ph3rpunk 11 місяців тому

    Imagine had the Meteor been ready in 1940, would the Battle of Britain even have happened? Perhaps, I suspect Germany would have managed to push a competitor out earlier as well.

  • @Mishn0
    @Mishn0 11 місяців тому +2

    AN inventor, not THE inventor. The turbojet engine was "invented" independently about five times. After all, it's not a huge leap from a steam turbine or a turbo-supercharger to a turbojet engine. Mostly just metallurgy and fuel control. Most of the credit for the original idea belongs to Hero of Alexandria.

  • @FloydMaxwell
    @FloydMaxwell 11 місяців тому

    They were determined not to get Whittle. Fortunately they failed.

  • @jollygreen4662
    @jollygreen4662 11 місяців тому +2

    Germans didn't get credit?

    • @antarcticmonkeys
      @antarcticmonkeys 11 місяців тому

      They get credit for the first operational jet plane. Why do you think they deserve more credit than that?

    • @jayspik6498
      @jayspik6498 11 місяців тому +1

      The German design is what modern engines are all based on…

    • @Mishn0
      @Mishn0 11 місяців тому +1

      Well, Ohain wasn't Bri'ish now, was he? Can go around handing out credit to foreigners, t'woudn't be cricket!

  • @davidhoj
    @davidhoj 11 місяців тому

    Christopher Wallace
    The real Frank White
    I misread
    But i stand by my post