Frank Whittle & Lord Kings Norton

Frank Whittle is on our ever growing short list, although Lord Kings Norton is new to me. We'll defintely look into his work.

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Thanks,
- Chris

I met Frank Whittle in London in 1943. The Power Jets engine, with it's reverse flow burners was being redesigned by Rolls Royce to include straight thru burner cans. Also saw the E28-39, the first English jet, that was being used to catch buzz-bombs and upset them with a wingtip under the buzz-bombs wingtip and then a quick roll that upset the buzz-bomb's autopilot,so it crashed before reaching London. Reported to the Navy that all carriers had to have catapults because of the long takeoffs of the jets.

There are a hundred bios on Feynman or Einstein but I think its bios like the one your suggesting above that will make our list interesting. Nice suggestion.