(1907–96), English aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and inventor of the jet aircraft engine. He took out the first patent for a turbojet engine in 1930, and in 1941 the first flight using his jet engine was made.
Definition of Whittle, Sir Frank in US English:
Whittle, Sir Frank
proper nounˈ(h)witl
(1907–96), English aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and inventor of the jet aircraft engine. He took out the first patent for a turbojet engine in 1930. The first flight using Whittle's jet engine was made in 1941.