Timeline Thursday 16 January 1930

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Thursday 16 January 1930

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Events on Thursday 16 January 1930 1

1930 Whittle patents the turbojet Frank Whittle files patent for jet propulsion RAF officer Frank Whittle filed a patent for an aircraft engine driven by a gas turbine. It was the basis of the turbojet engine. His first engine ran on a test bed in 1937.

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