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Originally Posted by stomachmonkey
“Very interesting, Whittle, my boy, but it will never work.”
Cambridge Aeronautics Professor, when shown Frank Whittle’s plan for the jet engine, before 1930.
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Whittle's first jet engine plan wouldn't work - he used a piston engine to power the compressor. But he didn't listen to the "experts" and kept trying.
I had the privilege to attend a joint lecture by Frank Whittle and Hans Von Ohain at the University of Dayton where they discussed their work in developing jets. It was a most fascinating couple of hours.