Jet engine: Identify the first person to patent a turbojet engine. Full question: Who was the first person to patent the jet engine? Choose the correct option.
General Knowledge
Inventions
Difficulty: Easy
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Answer
Correct Answer: Frank Whittle
Explanation
Given data
- Focus: First patent for a turbojet engine.
Reasoning Royal Air Force officer Frank Whittle filed and received a UK patent for a turbojet in 1930. Hans von Ohain independently developed a working turbojet later in Germany, but Whittle's was the first patent.
Common pitfalls Conflating first patent (Whittle) with first flight of a jet-powered aircraft in Germany (Ohain's Heinkel He 178).
Final Answer Frank Whittle.