The first British jet aircraft the Gloster E28/39 Experimental aircraft first flew with a W1 Whittle engine on 15th May 1941 with a thrust of 1000lbs at RAF Cranwell England. This led to the ...

After initial taxi trials the pilot - Gerry Sayer, the Gloster Aircraft ... this diminutive aircraft had been fitted with Sir Frank Whittle's revolutionary gas turbine engine at Regent Motors ...

The first British jet aircraft the Gloster E28/39 Experimental aircraft first flew with a W1 Whittle engine on 15th May 1941 with a thrust of 1000lbs at RAF Cranwell England. This led to the ...

Whittle had to write an essay as part of his course at Cranwell and he chose as his subject Future Developments in Aircraft Design ... the type used to power the Gloster Meteor.