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The first British jet-powered aircraft, built to test Frank Whittle's turbojet engine.
Jet age
Gloster E.28/39Whittle
First British jet aircraft, with Frank Whittle's jet engine (1941)
The first British jet-powered aircraft, built to test Frank Whittle's turbojet engine.
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