Hans von Ohain was a German engineer who developed a turbojet engine independently of, and initially unaware of, Frank Whittle's parallel British work. His engine powered the Heinkel He 178 to the world's first jet powered flight on August 27, 1939. He emigrated to the United States after the Second World War and continued jet propulsion research for the US Air Force.
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Independently invented the turbojet engine used in German aircraft.
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Source A History of TechnologyCharles Singer, E. J. Holmyard, A. R. Hall and Trevor I. Williams, editors
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Source A History of TechnologyCharles Singer, E. J. Holmyard, A. R. Hall and Trevor I. Williams, editors
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Charles Singer, E. J. Holmyard, A. R. Hall and Trevor I. Williams, editors, Oxford University Press, 1954View the Source Turbojet, Wikipedia
Invented: Turbojet, Lead sectionQuote, Invented: Turbojet, Lead section
Two engineers, Frank Whittle in the United Kingdom and Hans von Ohain in Germany, developed the concept independently into practical engines during the late 1930s.
Hans von Ohain (Wikipedia)
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Hans Joachim Pabst von Ohain (14 December 1911-13 March 1998) was a German-American physicist, engineer, and the designer of the first aircraft to use a turbojet engine.
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