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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

19th Jul 2021, 23:12

Replies: 9

A.A. Griffith and Whittle

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Posted By FlightlessParrot

You know, I was just going to let this go, but...

You know, I was just going to let this go, but then I thought: this is the internet.

First, if you're going to be a stickler for accuracy, be accurate in quoting the post in front of you. You...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

19th Jul 2021, 10:40

Replies: 9

A.A. Griffith and Whittle

Views: 1,895

Posted By FlightlessParrot

Not that it matters and I was quoting from memory...

Not that it matters and I was quoting from memory but I said he designed the impeller of the supercharger; as I recollect, he applied stuff he had learned in his degree. If you would prefer, he...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

19th Jul 2021, 01:23

Replies: 9

A.A. Griffith and Whittle

Views: 1,895

Posted By FlightlessParrot

I wonder why they were supposed to have come from...

I wonder why they were supposed to have come from Oxford? Whittle did a degree at Cambridge.

BTW, I remember, I think from Not Much of an Engineer, that Hooker was shown the design of Whittle's...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

18th Jul 2021, 06:47

Replies: 9

A.A. Griffith and Whittle

Views: 1,895

Posted By FlightlessParrot

A.A. Griffith and Whittle

Looking around for stuff about German knowledge of British turbine developments, I've come across references to the review of Whittle's project for a jet engine by A.A. Griffith. As commonly,...

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