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> They happened to be first but with the technology at the time it was bound to happen soon. Whittle patented the concept of a turbojet engine in 1930. The fir
by ethbr0 6y ago
> They happened to be first but with the technology at the time it was bound to happen soon.
Whittle patented the concept of a turbojet engine in 1930. The first prototype wasn't created until 1937. The first British production jet plane (Gloster Meteor) didn't fly until 1943.
Some things turn on capital and access to facilities.
- KingOfCoders 6y agoAnd of course it was much more complicated with many more "firsts" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_jet_engine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_jet_engine