File:Whittle Jet Engine W2-700.JPG
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Whittle W2/700 Engine. Frank Whittle developed the first turbojet engine with enough operating thrust to power an aircraft in 1939. The W2 was the second, more powerful, version of a flight-ready turbojet engine developed by Whittle. The W2/700 engine flew in the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gloster_E.28/39&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gloster E.28/39 (page does not exist)">Gloster E.28/39</a>, the first British aircraft to fly with a turbojet engine, and the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gloster_Meteor" title="Gloster Meteor">Gloster Meteor</a>. Photographed Farnborough, 22-Jan-06.
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| current | 20:53, 3 January 2017 | | 1,092 × 938 (171 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <p>Whittle W2/700 Engine. Frank Whittle developed the first turbojet engine with enough operating thrust to power an aircraft in 1939. The W2 was the second, more powerful, version of a flight-ready turbojet engine developed by Whittle. The W2/700 engine flew in the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gloster_E.28/39&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gloster E.28/39 (page does not exist)">Gloster E.28/39</a>, the first British aircraft to fly with a turbojet engine, and the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gloster_Meteor" title="Gloster Meteor">Gloster Meteor</a>. Photographed Farnborough, 22-Jan-06. </p> |
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