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J.C.B. Tinling, an ex-RAF pilot, was directly involved with the work of Sir Frank Whittle, inventor of the first British turbojet engine. Tinling, along with R. Dudley Williams, initiated Power Jets, Ltd., a company incorporated in 1936 to develop Whittle's jet engine ideas.
NASM.1991.0032
Power Jets, Ltd.
1930-1987
bulk [ca. 1930s-1940s]
Charles and Barbara Kahn, Jr., gift, 1991, 1991-0032, NASM
0.9 Cubic feet ((2 legal document boxes) (1 flatbox))
National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of corporate records, magazine articles, photographs and a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings on Power Jets, Ltd. Most of the material in the collection also relates to Frank Whittle and his accomplishments. Included are some of Whittle's writings and the agreements he signed for Power Jets.
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Jet propulsion
Aeronautics, Commercial
Aeronautics
Aircraft industry
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Correspondence
Scrapbooks
Clippings
Photographs
Articles