The Power Jets WU (Whittle Unit) was a series of three very different experimental jet engines produced and tested by Frank Whittle and his small team...

Power Jets was a British company set up by Frank Whittle for the purpose of designing and manufacturing jet engines. The company was nationalised in 1944...

W.1 was superseded by the Power Jets W.2. After a period of indifference, in June 1939 a demonstration of the Power Jets WU was made before a delegation...

of artillery strategy computer games Power Jets WU, a series of experimental jet engines tested in the 1930s Wu (disambiguation) UW (disambiguation) UWU...

practical reasons. A Whittle engine was the first turbojet to run, the Power Jets WU, on 12 April 1937. It was liquid-fuelled. Whittle's team experienced...

combustion chamber design, known as the 'Lubbock Burner' and used in the Power Jets WU and subsequent engines. In 1951, China requisitioned all property belonging...

team pressed ahead, and the Power Jets WU (Whittle Unit, or W.U.) engine began test runs on 12 April 1937. Initially, the W.U. showed an alarming tendency...

early development of the engine. The first Whittle prototype jet engine, the Power Jets WU, began running trials in early 1937; shortly afterwards, both...

early development of the engine. The first Whittle prototype jet engine, the Power Jets WU, began running trials in early 1937; shortly afterwards, both...

compressor casing of the 1937 Power Jets WU jet engine was made from RR.56 and RR.55 respectively. In the subsequent Power Jets W.1 the compressor material...