Whittle, Frank, Sir, 1907 - 1996 (Knight, Air Commodore, aeronautical engineer)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1907 - 1996
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
File
Exhibition material on the history and development of the Whittle Jet Propulsion Gas Turbine, 1963 - 1973
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/MISC 40
Scope and Contents
Exhibition material prepared by Kenneth Knell and Professor Henry Cohen for the University of Cambridge Engineering Department on the Whittle jet engine. Also includes brochures for exhibitions on Sir Harry Ricardo and Sir Charles Parsons.
Dates:
1963 - 1973
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Some material within the collection is closed to researchers.
Fonds
The Papers of Sir Stanley Hooker
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/STHO
Scope and Contents
Copies of two papers by Hooker on the historical development of gas turbines and jet propulsion, including a survey of mainly British engines, and also on "The Barnoldswick Saga", on the development of the Whittle jet engine, 1943-46.
Dates:
1980-07 - 1980-10
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre