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Whittle W2/700 Engine. Frank Whittle developed the first turbojet engine with enough operating thrust to power an aircraft in 1939. The W2 was the second, more powerful, version of a flight-ready turbojet engine developed by Whittle. The W2/700 engine flew in the Gloster E.28/39, the first British aircraft to fly with a turbojet engine, and the Gloster Meteor.

Photographed Farnborough, 22-Jan-06.
Date 22 January 2006 (original upload date)
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Author No machine-readable author provided. Gaius Cornelius assumed (based on copyright claims).

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