The application of a gas turbine based on the Brayton cycle to airplane propulsion is due to the English engineer Frank Whittle, who in 1927 patented the idea and proposed it to the British air force. The gas turbine would only power the compressor
The application of a gas turbine based on the Brayton cycle to airplane propulsion is due to the English engineer Frank Whittle, who in 1927 patented the idea and proposed it to the British air force. The gas turbine would only power the compressor