![Sir Frank Whittle ground tests the first Jet Engine ever in 1937, at the British Thomson- Houston Factory , Rugby successfully. It would mark the beginning of the Jet Age in Aviation Sir Frank Whittle ground tests the first Jet Engine ever in 1937, at the British Thomson- Houston Factory , Rugby successfully. It would mark the beginning of the Jet Age in Aviation](https://preview.redd.it/sir-frank-whittle-ground-tests-the-first-jet-engine-ever-in-v0-01ugnguo3eta1.png?width=360&format=png&auto=webp&s=262bd98d2cea0150231eac40cf35f88d285ae421)
Sir Frank Whittle ground tests the first Jet Engine ever in 1937, at the British Thomson- Houston Factory , Rugby successfully. It would mark the beginning of the Jet Age in Aviation
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Fight or flight: The startling start of Whittle's first jet engine - The GE Aerospace Blog | Aviation & Flight News
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