Background
WHITTLE, Air Commodore Frank was born on June 1, 1907 in Coventry. Son of Moses and Sarah Alice Whittle.
WHITTLE, Air Commodore Frank was born on June 1, 1907 in Coventry. Son of Moses and Sarah Alice Whittle.
Leamington College, Royal Air Force College, Cranwell, and Cambridge University.
Adviser on Engine Design and Production to the Controller of Supplies (Air), Ministry of Supply 1946-1948. Retired Royal Air Force 1948. Technology Adviser to BOAC 1948-1952.
Consultant to Power Jets (Research and Development) Limited 1950-1953.
Bataafsehe Petroleum Maatschappij, The Hague 1953-1957. Technology Adviser on Development of Whittle Turb-Drill by Bristol Siddeley Engines 1961-1966 and Rolls-Royce 1966-1970.
Navair Research Professor, LLS. Naval Academy 1977-1978, Research Professor since 1978. Founder Fellow, Fellowship of Engineering 1976.
Honorary Fellow, Aeronautical Society of India, Society of Experimental Test Pilots (United States of America) 1966, American Institute Aeronautics and Astronautics 1968, Peterhouse, Cambridge.
Honorary F.I.Mech.E. Honorary F.R.Ae.S.
Livery, Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators. Engineering Institute of Canada, Society Rovale Beige des Ingenieurs. American Academy, of Arts and Sciences.
Married 1st Dorothy Lee in 1930 (divorced in 1976), two son: married 2nd Hazel Ardyce Hall (nee Steenberg) in 1976.