CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The invention of the jet engine was the crowning achievement of engineer Frank Whittle. But the path to glory was littered with countless ...

While the World War II era was the first time we saw fighter jet engines take to the sky, there were some earlier operational prototypes. Anselm Franz, an Austrian engineer, designed and fitted one of ...

With their capability to fly higher, farther, and more efficiently, jet engines have transformed air travel since their introduction. From its origins in the 1930s, the jet engine was a substantial ...