Sir Frank Whittle's jet engine powered the Gloster E28/39, which left the ground at Hucclecote in April 1941. Andrew Pugh, chair of Hucclecote Parish Council, said: "It's rather disappointing that ...

The model of the Gloster E28/39, owned by The Jet Age Museum in Gloucester, will take part in the event at RAF Cranwell this weekend. In May 1941 the original prototype made the same journey ...

Britain's first jet aircraft took to the skies 75 years ago today. The Gloster E28/39, powered by Coventry inventor Sir Frank Whittle’s pioneering propulsion system, took off from RAF Cranwell ...

Brockworth Airfield played an important part in the research, development and manufacture of aircraft from 1915 to 1964. Britain's first jet aircraft, the Gloster E28/39 took off from the airfield on ...

Just 13 years later, the first jet-propelled aircraft, the Gloster E28/39, took off from RAF Cranwell. Using Whittle's engine, it flew fast and low, even outperforming the Spitfires that fought ...

The Gloster ‘Whittle’ E28/39 first flew on May 15 1941 as the first successful jet aircraft, with the engine designed by Frank Whittle. April 1947 saw United Airlines introducing the Douglas ...

A huge 70-tonne mobile crane will carefully lower the Gloster Whittle E28/39 into place on the A426 in Lutterworth on Sunday. The £25,000 silver-painted replica was commissioned to celebrate ...

Sir Frank Whittle's jet engine powered the Gloster E28/39, which left the ground at Hucclecote in April 1941. Andrew Pugh, chair of Hucclecote Parish Council, said: "It's rather disappointing that ...