Use the exhibition’s interactive display to investigate Sir Frank Whittle’s pioneering work on jet propulsion.
Whittle and his Power Jets team developed experimental gas turbines during the 1930s and 1940s. The Power Jets W2 series led to Britain’s first production jet engine, the Rolls-Royce Welland.
Explore the engine’s different components and discover how air, fuel and combustion combine to create thrust.
The display introduces an invention that transformed military and civilian aviation and began a new era of high-speed flight.
