FRANK WHITTLE

• Born: June 1, 1907
• Died: August 9, 1996
• Nationality: English
• Profession: Inventor

Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle, OM, KBE, CB, FRS, FRAeS was an English Royal Air Force air officer. He is credited with inventing the turbojet engine. A patent was submitted by Maxime Guillaume in 1921 for a similar invention; however, this was technically unfeasible at the time. Whittle's jet engines were developed some years earlier than those of Germany's Hans von Ohain who was the designer of the first operational turbojet engine.