Talk:Frank Whittle

message: In this section, the last statement of the quote:
"...became part-time from 1978 to 1979. The part time post enabled him to write a textbook on gas turbine thermodynamics. It was at this time that he met von Ohain..."
implies that Von Ohain met Sir Frank for the first time in the late 70s. However, Von Ohain himself says that he first met Whittle in 1966. Whittle gives an affirmative response. See p. 20 towards the bottom in the verbatim typescript of a two-day conference, An Encounter Between the Jet Engine Inventors, held at Wright-Patt in 1978:  http://www.ascho.wpafb.af.mil/encounter/Chap1-20.htm The full transcript is available at  http://www.ascho.wpafb.af.mil/encounter/encounter.htm  Pages 19-20 also clarify when and how Von Ohain first learned of Whittle’s patent and when he learned that Whittle was actually working on a jet engine. I have not made any corrections in the main text.64.175.36.155 09:50, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You're right, it's poorly worded. Fix away! Maury 13:29, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  After the War 

message: For anyone wishing to read further on Whittle and von Ohain's early work, as well as the respective national efforts to get a turbojet engine into service, I can recommend:
:Jet - The Story of a Pioneer by Sir Frank Whittle - Frederick Muller, London 1953
:The Origins of the Turbojet Revolution by Edward W. Constant - Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 1980.
Ian Dunster (talk) 07:59, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Useful references

message: Referring to web-based sources, the Midland Air Museum's Sir Frank Whittle Jet Heritage Centre display and the excellent Frank Whittle: Invention of the Jet (2004) by Andrew Nahum, I've passed through the article to add as many inline cites as I could where I thought they would be useful. However, I wasn't able to add any to the "Rolls-Royce" or "Continued development" sections, and hardly any to "Rover", so if anyone can oblige in these areas it would help complete the article. Also, there is no reason to doubt that the information at the Midland Air Museum's heritage display is reliable, but it would be difficult for most readers to verify any of it, therefore citing suitable written publications rather than the museum would be preferable.
My second point is regarding the balance of the article. There is no doubt that Whittle's claim to fame is his part in the creation of the jet engine which naturally demands prominence in the article, and is covered in some detail, but I think the article would benefit from the addition of further personal information not related to this aspect of his life and career. --Red Sunset 21:06, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Refs and balance 

message: I note the addition of another infobox which repeats much of the original information, plus a few extra details. I personally don't think it's necessary and makes the page look untidy. Having tried unsuccessfully to incorporate the additional details into the original infobox, and pending a good reason for its inclusion I'm inclined to remove the new box. Any comments? --Red Sunset 19:48, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems that the two boxes can not be joined up. I have moved it to the RAF section where it is more relevant, and perhaps tidier. Not that much is duplicated, I think. Some people do have two infoboxes which reflects two different spheres of notability: see also "Frank Kurtz". Snowman (talk) 20:48, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks Snowman, it doesn't seem out of place now, especially with the duplicated info removed:-)--Red Sunset 21:12, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Additional Infobox 

message: There's no point in the following quote:
It adds no information, nor is Hart-Davis any kind of authority on Frank Whittle.  If there are no substantive objections I will remove it. - Crosbiesmith (talk) 15:42, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I am happy to see the quote removed. Snowman (talk) 15:53, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Concur; even though it is a fitting description. --Red Sunset 21:28, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Hart-Davis quote

message: Leo. re; line 47 edit.
I changed 'further' to 'Degree' for the sake of accuracy & grammar.
It was a Degree course, & that is the grammatically correct way to refer to it. Unless there is a factual objection, later this week I will re-write that sentence, as it's both inelegant & inaccurate in it's current form.
Dick Holman 15:27, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: further/Degree

message: Not really important but the image :File:Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle at desk.jpg has been reversed (L-R) at some point? MilborneOne (talk) 20:47, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks kosher to me, the wings are on the left hand side of the body.TheLongTone (talk) 05:34, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Wings and medals are normally on the left side, which would be on the right looking at Whittle from the front. refer the infobox image! MilborneOne (talk) 16:36, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Which is how it looks to me...wings on the rhs of the picture... it's the same way round on the IWM website, which is image source.TheLongTone (talk) 16:54, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: You would think the IWM would have it the right way round, perhaps nobody has noticed. MilborneOne (talk) 17:12, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Everything looks OK to me, including the use of a slide rule, which is very much a handed item. To be pedantic, the IWM caption could be disambiguated. Primary adjustment of a slide rule would normally be with his right hand moving the long thin slidey bit to its position as in the image, to set the first number, then the secondary adjustment would be to move the cursor, again with right hand, to read off the result. PeterWD (talk) 17:54, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The image with the slide rule is fine it is the other image that is wrong, medals and wings on the wrong side and his parting is reversed, uniform buttons wrong side, clearly reversed. I suspect it was reversed at some point to better fit in a publication or such like and the IWM never noticed. MilborneOne (talk) 18:08, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

text: Just to labour the point here is an image taken in the same office at Brownsover Hall the right way round!  MilborneOne (talk) 18:15, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh gotcha, that image, I didn't actually read the file name, & didn't scroll all the way down. Sorry. Yes, that image has certainly been flopped.TheLongTone (talk) 18:37, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: A 1940s MOI film; "The Wonder Jet", featuring Whittle, here:  - engine at start of film is a Nene.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.7.147.13 (talk) 17:41, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Reversed image

message: I have copied this here from my talk page as more appropriate. Any thoughts on changes to make less skewed? Keith D (talk) 17:40, 14 April 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: "Daily Mail" ... For real?  --IIIraute (talk) 00:03, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Introduction

message: He is credited with single handedly inventing the turbojet engine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view
Jacob805 18:54, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  are you serious 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: The sources for this article are in very poor shape. The RAF site no longer does historical stuff and altho one is referred to the site for the RAF museum I could not bring up a biog of Whittle. 
All the other online cites are to stuff of the Wayback Machine, which my library will not permit me to access. IMO it would be a good idea to have a go at replacing many of these with print sources. TheLongTone (talk) 15:53, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources 

message: In the current, excellent, article there is mention of the Gloster Aircraft Company.
I'd like to point you to the Jet Age Museum, and the Gloucester Aircraft Collection, which immortalises aviation in Northern Gloucestershire including GAC, Smiths Industries, etc.
There is a full size reproduction model of the E28/39 Whittle Jet, and engine, in the museum. This may be of interest to readers who may wish to visit.
www.jetagemuseum.org Djrose007 (talk) 06:56, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Addition to the current article on Frank Whittle