Power Jets
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For the modern-day Franco-Russian company, see PowerJet.
Power Jets was a British company set up by Frank Whittle for the purpose of designing and manufacturing jet engines. The company was nationalised in 1944, and evolved into the National Gas Turbine Establishment.
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Company type | Limited company |
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Industry | Aircraft jet engines |
Founded | 27 January 1936 |
Founder | Sir Frank Whittle |
Defunct | 1948 |
Fate | Merged with RAE forming NGTE Pyestock |
Headquarters | Rugby, Warwickshire (initially in 1936) Lutterworth (from January 1938) |
Area served | UK |
Key people | James Collingwood Tinling, Sir William Hawthorne |
Products | Gas turbines |
Services | Gas turbine research |
Divisions | Whetstone |
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