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I think they took credit for German inventions.


I thought the Germans invented the ejector seat, the swept wing, a different version of a jet engine, and had a wind tunnel for testing. Did the English have wind tunnels? In the movie, one man seemed to invent everything. They did give credit to Mr. Wipple for the English version of the jet however. I think the German version is what is used today.

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Frank Whittle is the Englishman who invented the Jet engine in 1929. Germany started on their's in 1935.

By the late 40's early 50's the UK was the leading Jet designers and manufacturers in the world.

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