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Frank Whittle, the Glossary

Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle, (1 June 1907 – 8 August 1996) was an English engineer, inventor and Royal Air Force (RAF) air officer.^[1]

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Adrian Lombard

Adrian Albert "Lom" Lombard, CBE (19 January 1915 – 13 July 1967) was an English aeronautical engineer. Frank Whittle and Adrian Lombard are English aerospace engineers and jet engine pioneers.

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Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

The Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (ACA) was a UK agency founded on 30 April 1909, to undertake, promote, and institutionalize aeronautical research.

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Afterburner

An afterburner (or reheat in British English) is an additional combustion component used on some jet engines, mostly those on military supersonic aircraft.

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Air commodore

Air commodore (Air Cdre or Air Cmde) is a air officer rank used by some air forces, with origins from the Royal Air Force.

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Air marshal

Air marshal (Air Mshl or AM) is an air-officer rank used by some air forces, with origins from the Royal Air Force.

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Air Ministry

The Air Ministry was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom with the responsibility of managing the affairs of the Royal Air Force, that existed from 1918 to 1964.

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Air officer

An air officer is an air force officer of the rank of air commodore or higher.

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Aircraft Apprentice Scheme

The Aircraft Apprentice Scheme was a training programme for Royal Air Force ground crew personnel which ran from 1920 to 1966.

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Alan Arnold Griffith (13 June 1893 – 13 October 1963), was an English engineer and the son of Victorian science fiction writer George Griffith. Frank Whittle and Alan Arnold Griffith are English aerospace engineers.

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Albert Medal (Royal Society of Arts)

The Albert Medal of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) was instituted in 1864 as a memorial to Prince Albert, who had been President of the Society for 18 years.

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American Society for Engineering Education

The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) is a non-profit member association, founded in 1893, dedicated to promoting and improving engineering and engineering technology education.

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Amphetamine

Amphetamine (contracted from alpha-methylphenethylamine) is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant that is used in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), narcolepsy, and obesity.

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Annapolis, Maryland

Annapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Anselm Franz

Anselm Franz (January 20, 1900—November 18, 1994) was a pioneering Austrian jet engine engineer known for the development of the Jumo 004, the world's first mass-produced turbojet engine by Nazi Germany during World War II, and his work on turboshaft designs in the United States after the war as part of Operation Paperclip, including the Lycoming T53, the Honeywell T55, the AGT-1500, and the PLF1A-2, the world's first high-bypass turbofan engine.

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Armstrong Siddeley

Armstrong Siddeley was a British engineering group that operated during the first half of the 20th century.

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Armstrong Siddeley ASX

The Armstrong Siddeley ASX was an early axial flow jet engine built by Armstrong Siddeley that first ran in April 1943.

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Armstrong Siddeley Python

The Armstrong Siddeley Python was an early British turboprop engine designed and built by the Armstrong Siddeley company in the mid-1940s.

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Armstrong Whitworth Siskin

The Armstrong Whitworth Siskin was a sesquiplane single-seat fighter aircraft developed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft.

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Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder

Marshal of the Royal Air Force Arthur William Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder, (11 July 1890 – 3 June 1967) was a Scottish Royal Air Force officer and peer.

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Asiatic Petroleum Company

Asiatic Petroleum Company (APC) was a joint venture between the Shell and Royal Dutch oil companies founded in 1903.

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Avro 504

The Avro 504 was a First World War biplane aircraft made by the Avro aircraft company and under licence by others.

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Barnoldswick

Barnoldswick (pronounced) is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle, Lancashire, England.

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Bell Aircraft

The Bell Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer, a builder of several types of fighter aircraft for World War II but most famous for the Bell X-1, the first supersonic aircraft, and for the development and production of many important civilian and military helicopters.

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Bell P-59 Airacomet

The Bell P-59 Airacomet is a single-seat, twin jet-engine fighter aircraft that was designed and built by Bell Aircraft during World War II.

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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society

The Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society is an academic journal on the history of science published annually by the Royal Society.

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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is an American four-engined heavy bomber aircraft developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC).

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Boundary layer

In physics and fluid mechanics, a boundary layer is the thin layer of fluid in the immediate vicinity of a bounding surface formed by the fluid flowing along the surface.

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Bristol Aeroplane Company

The Bristol Aeroplane Company, originally the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, was both one of the first and one of the most important British aviation companies, designing and manufacturing both airframes and aircraft engines.

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Bristol F.2 Fighter

The Bristol F.2 Fighter is a British First World War two-seat biplane fighter and reconnaissance aircraft developed by Frank Barnwell at the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company later known as the Bristol Aeroplane Company.

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British Overseas Airways Corporation

British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) was the British state-owned airline created in 1939 by the merger of Imperial Airways and British Airways Ltd.

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British Thomson-Houston

British Thomson-Houston (BTH) was a British engineering and heavy industrial company, based at Rugby, Warwickshire, England.

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Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a ceremonial county in South East England and one of the home counties.

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Burnham, Buckinghamshire

Burnham is a large village and civil parish that lies north of the River Thames in Buckinghamshire, between the towns of Maidenhead and Slough, about 24 miles west of Charing Cross, London.

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Bypass ratio

The bypass ratio (BPR) of a turbofan engine is the ratio between the mass flow rate of the bypass stream to the mass flow rate entering the core.

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Cambridge Digital Library

The Cambridge Digital Library is a project operated by the Cambridge University Library designed to make items from the unique and distinctive collections of Cambridge University Library available online.

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Carlota O'Neill

Carlota Alejandra Regina Micaela O'Neill y de Lamo (27 March 1905 – 20 June 2000) was a Spanish writer and journalist.

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Central Flying School

The Central Flying School (CFS) is the Royal Air Force's primary institution for the training of military flying instructors.

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Centrifugal compressor

Centrifugal compressors, sometimes called impeller compressors or radial compressors, are a sub-class of dynamic axisymmetric work-absorbing turbomachinery.

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Charles Stark Draper Prize

The U.S. National Academy of Engineering annually awards the Draper Prize, which is given for the advancement of engineering and the education of the public about engineering. Frank Whittle and Charles Stark Draper Prize are Draper Prize winners.

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Churchill Archives Centre

The Churchill Archives Centre (CAC) at Churchill College at the University of Cambridge is one of the largest repositories in the United Kingdom for the preservation and study of modern personal papers.

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Clitheroe

Clitheroe is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England; it is located north-west of Manchester.

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Co-op Food

Co-op Food is a brand used for the food retail business of The Co-operative Group in the United Kingdom.

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Cobalt

Cobalt is a chemical element; it has symbol Co and atomic number 27.

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Columbia, Maryland

Columbia is a census-designated place in Howard County, Maryland, United States.

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Compressor stall

A compressor stall is a local disruption of the airflow in the compressor of a gas turbine or turbocharger.

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Convair 990 Coronado

The Convair 990 Coronado is a retired American narrow-body four-engined jet airliner produced between 1961 and 1963 by the Convair division of American company General Dynamics.

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Coton House

Coton House is a late 18th-century country house at Churchover, near Rugby, Warwickshire in England.

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Coventry

Coventry is a cathedral city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county, in England, on the River Sherbourne.

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Coventry Transport Museum

Coventry Transport Museum (formerly known as the Museum of British Road Transport) is a transport museum, located in Coventry city centre, England.

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Coventry University

Coventry University is a public research university in Coventry, England.

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Cranford, London

Cranford is a suburban area straddling the London Boroughs of Hillingdon and Hounslow.

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Cranwell

Cranwell is a village in the civil parish of Cranwell, Brauncewell and Byard's Leap, in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England.

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David Edgerton

David Russell Edgerton Jr. (May 26, 1927 – April 3, 2018) was an American entrepreneur and co-founder of Burger King, in what would become the second-largest burger chain after McDonald's.

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David Pye (engineer)

Sir David Randall Pye CB FRS (29 April 1886 – 20 February 1960) was a British mechanical engineer and academic administrator. Frank Whittle and David Pye (engineer) are 20th-century British engineers.

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De Havilland

The de Havilland Aircraft Company Limited was a British aviation manufacturer established in late 1920 by Geoffrey de Havilland at Stag Lane Aerodrome Edgware on the outskirts of north London.

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De Havilland Goblin

The de Havilland Goblin, originally designated as the Halford H-1, is an early turbojet engine designed by Frank Halford and built by de Havilland.

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De Havilland Vampire

The de Havilland Vampire is a British jet fighter which was developed and manufactured by the de Havilland Aircraft Company.

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Density of air

The density of air or atmospheric density, denoted ρ, is the mass per unit volume of Earth's atmosphere.

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Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge Department of Engineering is the largest department at the University of Cambridge.

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Derby

Derby is a city and unitary authority area on the River Derwent in Derbyshire, England.

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Dermatitis

Dermatitis is inflammation of the skin, typically characterized by itchiness, redness and a rash.

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Dorrington, Lincolnshire

Dorrington is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England.

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Drag (physics)

In fluid dynamics, drag, sometimes referred to as fluid resistance, is a force acting opposite to the relative motion of any object, moving with respect to a surrounding fluid.

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Drill pipe

Drill pipe, is hollow, thin-walled, steel or aluminium alloy piping that is used on drilling rigs.

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Earlsdon

Earlsdon is a residential suburb and electoral ward of Coventry, England.

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Edwin Plowden, Baron Plowden

Edwin Noel Auguste Plowden, Baron Plowden, GBE, KCB (6 January 1907 – 15 February 2001) was a British industrialist and public servant in the Treasury.

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Ernest Hives, 1st Baron Hives

Ernest Walter Hives, 1st Baron Hives (21 April 1886 – 24 April 1965), was the one-time head of the Rolls-Royce Aero Engine division and chairman of Rolls-Royce Ltd. Frank Whittle and Ernest Hives, 1st Baron Hives are Royal Aeronautical Society Gold Medal winners.

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Ex gratia

Ex gratia (also spelled ex-gratia) is Latin for "by favour", and is most often used in a legal context.

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Farnborough Airport

Farnborough Airport (previously called: TAG Farnborough Airport, RAE Farnborough, ICAO Code EGLF) is an operational business/executive general aviation airport in Farnborough, Rushmoor, Hampshire, England.

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Felixstowe

Felixstowe is a port town and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England.

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Fellow of the Royal Society

Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the Fellows of the Royal Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathematics, engineering science, and medical science".

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Finham Park School

Finham Park School is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status.

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Flight lieutenant

Flight lieutenant (Flt Lt or F/L) is a junior officer rank used by some air forces, with origins from the Royal Air Force.

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Flight training

Flight training is a course of study used when learning to pilot an aircraft.

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Fluid dynamics

In physics, physical chemistry and engineering, fluid dynamics is a subdiscipline of fluid mechanics that describes the flow of fluids—liquids and gases.

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Flying officer

Flying officer (Fg Off or F/O) is a junior officer rank used by some air forces, with origins from the Royal Air Force.

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Francoist Spain

Francoist Spain (España franquista), also known as the Francoist dictatorship (dictadura franquista), was the period of Spanish history between 1936 and 1975, when Francisco Franco ruled Spain after the Spanish Civil War with the title Caudillo.

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Frank Halford

Major Frank Bernard Halford CBE FRAeS (7 March 1894 – 16 April 1955) was an English aircraft engine designer. Frank Whittle and Frank Halford are English aerospace engineers, English aviators, Fellows of the Royal Aeronautical Society and jet engine pioneers.

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Franklin Institute Awards

The Franklin Institute Awards (or Benjamin Franklin Medal) is an American science and engineering award presented by the Franklin Institute, a science museum in Philadelphia.

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Gas engine

A gas engine is an internal combustion engine that runs on a fuel gas (a gaseous fuel), such as coal gas, producer gas, biogas, landfill gas, natural gas or hydrogen.

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Gas turbine

A gas turbine, gas turbine engine, or also known by its old name internal combustion turbine, is a type of continuous flow internal combustion engine.

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General Electric

General Electric Company (GE) was an American multinational conglomerate founded in 1892, incorporated in the state of New York and headquartered in Boston.

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General Electric I-A

The General Electric I-A was the first working jet engine in the United States, manufactured by General Electric (GE) and achieving its first run on April 18, 1942.

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General Electric J31

The General Electric J31 was the first jet engine to be mass-produced in the United States.

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Gloster Aircraft Company

The Gloster Aircraft Company was a British aircraft manufacturer from 1917 to 1963.

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Gloster E.28/39

The Gloster E.28/39, (also referred to as the Gloster Whittle, Gloster Pioneer, or Gloster G.40) was the first British turbojet-engined aircraft first flying in 1941.

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Gloster Meteor

The Gloster Meteor was the first British jet fighter and the Allies' only jet aircraft to engage in combat operations during the Second World War.

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Group captain

Group captain (Gp Capt or G/C) is a senior officer rank used by some air forces, with origins from the Royal Air Force.

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Hans von Ohain

Hans Joachim Pabst von Ohain (14 December 191113 March 1998) was a German physicist, engineer, and the designer of the first turbojet engine to power an aircraft. Frank Whittle and Hans von Ohain are Draper Prize winners and jet engine pioneers.

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Harry Ricardo

Sir Harry Ralph Ricardo (26 January 1885 – 18 May 1974) was an English engineer who was one of the foremost engine designers and researchers in the early years of the development of the internal combustion engine. Frank Whittle and Harry Ricardo are 20th-century British inventors.

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Hawker Siddeley

Hawker Siddeley was a group of British manufacturing companies engaged in aircraft production.

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Hayne Constant

Hayne Constant, CB, CBE., MA., FRAeS., FRS, (26 September 1904 – 12 January 1968) was an English mechanical and aeronautical engineer who developed jet engines during World War II. Frank Whittle and Hayne Constant are English aerospace engineers, jet engine pioneers and power Jets.

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Hearsall Common

Hearsall Common is located in Earlsdon, Coventry in the West Midlands, central England.

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Heinkel

Heinkel Flugzeugwerke was a German aircraft manufacturing company founded by and named after Ernst Heinkel.

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Heinkel He 178

The Heinkel He 178 was an experimental aircraft designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Heinkel.

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Heinkel HeS 3

The Heinkel HeS 3 (HeS - Heinkel Strahltriebwerke) was the world's first operational jet engine to power an aircraft.

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Hendon Aerodrome

Hendon Aerodrome was an aerodrome in London, England, that was an important centre for aviation from 1908 to 1968.

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Henry Tizard

Sir Henry Thomas Tizard (23 August 1885 – 9 October 1959) was an English chemist, inventor and Rector of Imperial College, who developed the modern "octane rating" used to classify petrol, helped develop radar in World War II, and led the first serious studies of UFOs. Frank Whittle and Henry Tizard are 20th-century British inventors and Recipients of Franklin Medal.

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Herbert A. Wagner

Herbert Alois Wagner (22 May 1900 – 28 May 1982) was an Austrian scientist who developed numerous innovations in the fields of aerodynamics, aircraft structures and guided weapons.

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Hispano-Suiza

Hispano-Suiza is a Spanish automotive company.

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House system

The house system is a traditional feature of schools in the United Kingdom.

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Hucclecote

Hucclecote is a suburb in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom, comprising a ward (population 8,826) in the City of Gloucester.

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Hucknall Aerodrome

Hucknall Aerodrome was a former general aviation and RAF aerodrome located north north-west of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, and west of Hucknall town.

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Imperial College London

Imperial College London (Imperial) is a public research university in London, England.

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International Air & Space Hall of Fame

The International Air & Space Hall of Fame is an honor roll of people, groups, organizations, or things that have contributed significantly to the advancement of aerospace flight and technology, sponsored by the San Diego Air & Space Museum.

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James Collingwood Tinling

James Collingwood Burdett Tinling (24 March 1900 – 1983) was an ex-RAF officer who joined with Rolf Dudley-Williams and Frank Whittle in 1936 to set up Power Jets Ltd, which manufactured the world's first working jet engine. Frank Whittle and James Collingwood Tinling are power Jets.

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Jet aircraft

A jet aircraft (or simply jet) is an aircraft (nearly always a fixed-wing aircraft) propelled by one or more jet engines.

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Jet engine

A jet engine is a type of reaction engine, discharging a fast-moving jet of heated gas (usually air) that generates thrust by jet propulsion.

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John Shaw (stone carver)

John Shaw, MA FRSA (b. 1952) is a British stone letter-carver, based in Saxby, Lincolnshire, England.

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Junkers

Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke AG (JFM, earlier JCO or JKO in World War I, English: Junkers Aircraft and Motor Works) more commonly Junkers, was a major German aircraft and aircraft engine manufacturer.

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Junkers Jumo 004

The Junkers Jumo 004 was the world's first production turbojet engine in operational use, and the first successful axial compressor turbojet engine.

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Kilsby

Kilsby is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England.

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King's College London

King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England.

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Lancelot Law Whyte

Lancelot Law Whyte (4 November 1896 – 14 September 1972) was a Scottish philosopher, theoretical physicist, historian of science and financier.

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Leamington Spa

Royal Leamington Spa, commonly known as Leamington Spa or simply LeamingtonEven more colloquially, also referred to as Lem or Leam.

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Legion of Merit

The Legion of Merit (LOM) is a military award of the United States Armed Forces that is given for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements.

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Loughborough University

Loughborough University (abbreviated as Lough or Lboro for post-nominals) is a public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England.

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Luftwaffe

The Luftwaffe was the aerial-warfare branch of the Wehrmacht before and during World War II.

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Lutterworth

Lutterworth is a market town and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England.

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Lutterworth College

Lutterworth College is a large 11–19 non-selective, inclusive, comprehensive, Church of England Secondary School and Sixth Form College with academy status.

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Manuel Azaña

Manuel Azaña Díaz (10 January 1880 – 3 November 1940) was a Spanish politician who served as Prime Minister of the Second Spanish Republic (1931–1933 and 1936), organizer of the Popular Front in 1935 and the last President of the Republic (1936–1939).

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Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment

The Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment (MAEE) was a British military research and test organisation.

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Maurice Bonham-Carter

Sir Maurice Bonham-Carter (11 October 1880 – 7 June 1960) was an English Liberal politician.

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Maxime Guillaume

In aerospace, Maxime Guillaume (born 1888) was an agricultural engineer who filed a French patent for a turbojet engine in 1921. Frank Whittle and Maxime Guillaume are jet engine pioneers.

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Melilla

Melilla (script) is an autonomous city of Spain on the North African coast.

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Melvill Jones

Sir Bennett Melvill Jones, (28 January 1887 – 31 October 1975) was Francis Mond Professor of Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Cambridge from 1919 to 1952. Frank Whittle and Melvill Jones are English aerospace engineers.

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Mental disorder

A mental disorder, also referred to as a mental illness, a mental health condition, or a psychiatric disability, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning.

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Messerschmitt Me 262

The Messerschmitt Me 262, nicknamed Schwalbe (German: "Swallow") in fighter versions, or Sturmvogel (German: "Storm Bird") in fighter-bomber versions, is a fighter aircraft and fighter-bomber that was designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Messerschmitt.

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Metropolitan-Vickers

Metropolitan-Vickers, Metrovick, or Metrovicks, was a British heavy electrical engineering company of the early-to-mid 20th century formerly known as British Westinghouse.

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Metropolitan-Vickers F.2

The Metropolitan-Vickers F.2 is an early turbojet engine and the first British design to be based on an axial-flow compressor.

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Midland Air Museum

The Midland Air Museum (MAM) is situated just outside the village of Baginton in Warwickshire, England, and is adjacent to Coventry Airport.

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Miles M.52

The Miles M.52 was a turbojet-powered supersonic research aircraft project designed in the United Kingdom in the mid-1940s.

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Minister of Aircraft Production

The Minister of Aircraft Production was, from 1940 to 1945, the British government minister at the Ministry of Aircraft Production, one of the specialised supply ministries set up by the British Government during World War II.

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Ministry of Aviation (Nazi Germany)

The Ministry of Aviation (Reichsluftfahrtministerium, abbreviated RLM) was a government department during the period of Nazi Germany (1933–45).

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Motorjet

A motorjet is a rudimentary type of jet engine which is sometimes referred to as thermojet, a term now commonly used to describe a particular and completely unrelated pulsejet design.

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Nathan C. Price

Nathan C. Price was an American engineer and inventor. Frank Whittle and Nathan C. Price are jet engine pioneers.

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National Aviation Hall of Fame

The National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) is a museum, annual awards ceremony and learning and research center that was founded in 1962 as an Ohio non-profit corporation in Dayton, Ohio, United States, known as the "Birthplace of Aviation" with its connection to the Wright brothers.

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National Gas Turbine Establishment

The National Gas Turbine Establishment (NGTE Pyestock) in Farnborough, part of the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE), was the prime site in the UK for the design and development of gas turbine and jet engines.

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Newton (unit)

The newton (symbol: N) is the unit of force in the International System of Units (SI).

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No. 1 School of Technical Training RAF

No.

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No. 111 Squadron RAF

Number 111 (Fighter) Squadron, also known as No.

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North Leamington School

North Leamington School (NLS) is a mixed, non-selective, comprehensive school for students aged 11 to 18 years located at the northeastern edge of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England.

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Norwegian Institute of Technology

The Norwegian Institute of Technology (Norwegian: Norges tekniske høgskole, NTH) was a science institute in Trondheim, Norway.

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Norwegian University of Science and Technology

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU; Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet) is a public research university in Norway and the largest in terms of enrollment.

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Officer cadet

Officer Cadet is a rank held by military cadets during their training to become commissioned officers.

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Official Secrets Act

An Official Secrets Act (OSA) is legislation that provides for the protection of state secrets and official information, mainly related to national security.

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Order of Merit

The Order of Merit (Ordre du Mérite) is an order of merit for the Commonwealth realms, recognising distinguished service in the armed forces, science, art, literature, or the promotion of culture. Frank Whittle and order of Merit are members of the Order of Merit.

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Order of the Bath

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by King George I on 18 May 1725.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organizations, and public service outside the civil service.

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Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom and the British Overseas Territories, personal bravery, achievement, or service are rewarded with honours.

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Oswald Toynbee Falk

Oswald Toynbee Falk (1879 – 1972) was a stockbroker and economist, born in the Toxteth area of Liverpool on 25 May 1879 to Hermann John Falk and Rachel Russell Everard Toynbee.

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Peterhouse, Cambridge

Peterhouse is the oldest constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England, founded in 1284 by Hugh de Balsham, Bishop of Ely.

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Pilot officer

Pilot officer (Plt Off or P/O) is a junior officer rank used by some air forces, with origins from the Royal Air Force.

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Pound (force)

The pound of force or pound-force (symbol: lbf, sometimes lbf) is a unit of force used in some systems of measurement, including English Engineering units and the foot–pound–second system.

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Power Jets

Power Jets was a British company set up by Frank Whittle for the purpose of designing and manufacturing jet engines.

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Power Jets W.1

The Power Jets W.1 (sometimes called the Whittle W.1) was a British turbojet engine designed by Frank Whittle and Power Jets. Frank Whittle and Power Jets W.1 are power Jets.

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Power Jets W.2

The Power Jets W.2 was a British turbojet engine designed by Frank Whittle and Power Jets (Research and Development) Ltd. Frank Whittle and Power Jets W.2 are power Jets.

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Power Jets WU

The Power Jets WU (Whittle Unit) was a series of three very different experimental jet engines produced and tested by Frank Whittle and his small team in the late 1930s. Frank Whittle and Power Jets WU are power Jets.

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Prince Philip Medal

The Prince Philip Medal is named after Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who was the Senior Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE).

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Public school (United Kingdom)

In England and Wales, a public school is a type of fee-charging private school originally for older boys.

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RAF Cranwell

Royal Air Force Cranwell or more simply RAF Cranwell is a Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England, close to the village of Cranwell, near Sleaford.

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RAF Halton

Royal Air Force Halton, or more simply RAF Halton, is one of the largest Royal Air Force stations in the United Kingdom.

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RAF Henlow

Royal Air Force Henlow or more simply RAF Henlow is a Royal Air Force station in Bedfordshire, England, equidistant from Bedford, Luton and Stevenage.

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RAF Wittering

Royal Air Force Wittering or more simply RAF Wittering is a Royal Air Force station within the unitary authority area of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire and the unitary authority area of North Northamptonshire.

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Reciprocating engine

A reciprocating engine, also often known as a piston engine, is typically a heat engine that uses one or more reciprocating pistons to convert high temperature and high pressure into a rotating motion.

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Revolutions per minute

Revolutions per minute (abbreviated rpm, RPM, rev/min, r/min, or r⋅min−1) is a unit of rotational speed (or rotational frequency) for rotating machines.

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Rolf Dudley-Williams

Sir Rolf Dudley Dudley-Williams, 1st Baronet (17 June 1908 – 8 October 1987), born Rolf Dudley Williams, was a British aeronautical engineer and Conservative Party politician. Frank Whittle and Rolf Dudley-Williams are English aerospace engineers, Graduates of the Royal Air Force College Cranwell and power Jets.

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Rolls-Royce Holdings

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is a British multinational aerospace and defence company incorporated in February 2011.

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Rolls-Royce Limited

Rolls-Royce Limited was a British luxury car and later an aero-engine manufacturing business established in 1904 in Manchester by the partnership of Charles Rolls and Henry Royce.

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Rolls-Royce Merlin

The Rolls-Royce Merlin is a British liquid-cooled V-12 piston aero engine of 27-litre (1,650 cu in) capacity.

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Rolls-Royce Meteor

The Rolls-Royce Meteor later renamed the Rover Meteor is a British tank engine that was developed during the Second World War.

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Rolls-Royce RB211

The Rolls-Royce RB211 is a British family of high-bypass turbofan engines made by Rolls-Royce.

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Rossall School

Rossall School is a public school (English fee-charging boarding and day school) for 0–18 year olds, between Cleveleys and Fleetwood, Lancashire.

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Roundabout

A roundabout, a rotary and a traffic circle are types of circular intersection or junction in which road traffic is permitted to flow in one direction around a central island, and priority is typically given to traffic already in the junction.

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Rover Company

The Rover Company Limited was a British car manufacturing company that operated from its base in Solihull, Warwickshire.

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Roxbee Cox, Baron Kings Norton

Harold Roxbee Cox, Baron Kings Norton (6 June 1902 – 21 December 1997) was a British aeronautical engineer. Frank Whittle and Roxbee Cox, Baron Kings Norton are English aerospace engineers and Fellows of the Royal Aeronautical Society.

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Royal Academy of Engineering

The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) is the United Kingdom's national academy of engineering.

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Royal Aeronautical Society

The Royal Aeronautical Society, also known as the RAeS, is a British multi-disciplinary professional institution dedicated to the global aerospace community.

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Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.

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Royal Air Force College Cranwell

The Royal Air Force College (RAFC) is the Royal Air Force academy which provides initial training to all RAF personnel who are preparing to become commissioned officers.

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Royal Aircraft Establishment

The Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) was a British research establishment, known by several different names during its history, that eventually came under the aegis of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), before finally losing its identity in mergers with other institutions.

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Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures are a series of lectures on a single topic each, which have been held at the Royal Institution in London each year since 1825.

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Royal Mail

The Royal Mail Group Limited, trading as Royal Mail, is a British postal service and courier company.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.

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Royal Society

The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences.

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Royal Society of Arts

The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, commonly known as the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), is a London-based organisation.

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Rugby Town Hall

Rugby Town Hall is a municipal building on Evreux Way in the town centre of Rugby, Warwickshire, England.

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Rugby, Warwickshire

Rugby is a market town in eastern Warwickshire, England, close to the River Avon.

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Rumford Medal

The Rumford Medal is an award bestowed by the Royal Society for "outstanding contributions in the field of physics".

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Second Spanish Republic

The Spanish Republic, commonly known as the Second Spanish Republic, was the form of democratic government in Spain from 1931 to 1939.

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Shell plc

Shell plc is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, England.

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Sir Frank Whittle Medal

The Sir Frank Whittle Medal is awarded annually by the Royal Academy of Engineering to an engineer, normally resident in the United Kingdom, for outstanding and sustained achievement which has contributed to the well-being of the nation.

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Sir Frank Whittle Studio School

The Sir Frank Whittle Studio School was a 14–19 Studio School, part of The Lutterworth Academies Trust.

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Socialism is an economic and political philosophy encompassing diverse economic and social systems characterised by social ownership of the means of production, as opposed to private ownership.

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Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil War (Guerra Civil Española) was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans and the Nationalists.

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Spanish protectorate in Morocco

The Spanish protectorate in Morocco was established on 27 November 1912 by a treaty between France and Spain that converted the Spanish sphere of influence in Morocco into a formal protectorate.

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Spencer Wilks

Spencer Bernau Wilks (26 May 189110 March 1971) was an English manager, administrator and designer in the motor manufacturing industry.

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Squadron leader

Squadron leader (Sqn Ldr or S/L) is a senior officer rank used by some air forces, with origins from the Royal Air Force.

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Stafford Cripps

Sir Richard Stafford Cripps (24 April 1889 – 21 April 1952) was a British Labour Party politician, barrister, and diplomat.

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Stanley Hooker

Sir Stanley George Hooker, CBE, FRS, DPhil, BSc, FRAeS, MIMechE, FAAAS (30 September 1907 – 24 May 1984), was a mathematician and jet engine engineer. Frank Whittle and Stanley Hooker are English aerospace engineers and Royal Aeronautical Society Gold Medal winners.

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Stephen Broadbent

Stephen Broadbent is a British sculptor, specialising in public art.

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Supermarine Spitfire

The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II.

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Terraced house

A terrace, terraced house (UK), or townhouse (US) is a kind of medium-density housing that first started in 16th century Europe with a row of joined houses sharing side walls.

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Tesco

Tesco plc is a British multinational groceries and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Welwyn Garden City, England.

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Test pilot

A test pilot is an aircraft pilot with additional training to fly and evaluate experimental, newly produced and modified aircraft with specific maneuvers, known as flight test techniques.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, known online and elsewhere as The Telegraph, is a British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally.

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Thrust

Thrust is a reaction force described quantitatively by Newton's third law.

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Timeline of jet power

This article outlines the important developments in the history of the development of the air-breathing (duct) jet engine.

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Tony Jannus Award

The Tony Jannus Award recognizes outstanding individual achievement in scheduled commercial aviation by airline executives, inventors and manufacturers, and government leaders.

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Tripos

A Tripos (plural 'Triposes') is an academic examination that originated at the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England.

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Turbocharger

In an internal combustion engine, a turbocharger (also known as a turbo or a turbosupercharger) is a forced induction device that is powered by the flow of exhaust gases.

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Turbofan

A turbofan or fanjet is a type of airbreathing jet engine that is widely used in aircraft propulsion.

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Turbojet

The turbojet is an airbreathing jet engine which is typically used in aircraft.

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Turboprop

A turboprop is a turbine engine that drives an aircraft propeller.

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United States Naval Academy

The United States Naval Academy (USNA, Navy, or Annapolis) is a federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

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University of Bath

The University of Bath is a public research university in Bath, England.

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University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England.

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Vauxhall Motors

Vauxhall Motors Limited,;Company No.

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Vickers Wellington

The Vickers Wellington is a British twin-engined, long-range medium bomber.

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Virgilio Leret

Virgilio Leret Ruiz (23 August 1902 – 18 July 1936) was a Spanish air force commander, writer and pioneer of aeronautical engineering with a patented jet-engine design. Frank Whittle and Virgilio Leret are jet engine pioneers.

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Walsgrave on Sowe

Walsgrave on Sowe, or simply Walsgrave, is a suburban district situated approximately north-east of central Coventry, West Midlands, central England.

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Whetstone, Leicestershire

Whetstone is a village and civil parish in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England and largely acts as a commuter village for Leicester, five miles to the north.

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Whittle Arch

The Whittle Arch is a public art installation in Coventry, England.

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Wilfrid Freeman

Air Chief Marshal Sir Wilfrid Rhodes Freeman, 1st Baronet, (18 July 1888 – 15 May 1953) was one of the most important influences on the rearmament of the Royal Air Force (RAF) in the years up to and including the Second World War. Frank Whittle and Wilfrid Freeman are Fellows of the Royal Aeronautical Society.

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William Farren (engineer)

Sir William Scott Farren (3 April 1892 – 3 July 1970) was a pioneer in flight, a British aeronautical engineer, the Director of the Farnborough establishment during WW2 and the former technical director of the Manchester-based aircraft company Avro during the 1950s. Frank Whittle and William Farren (engineer) are Royal Aeronautical Society Gold Medal winners.

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William Stanier

Sir William Arthur Stanier, (27 May 1876 – 27 September 1965) was a British railway engineer, and was chief mechanical engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.

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Wing commander

Wing commander (Wg Cdr or W/C) is a senior officer rank used by some air forces, with origins from the Royal Air Force.

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Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and 1951 to 1955. Frank Whittle and Winston Churchill are members of the Order of Merit.

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References

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