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History In The Making: How GE Turned America From Laggard To Leader In Jet Engine Design

Scott Woolley
July 12, 2019
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When Frank Whittle’s seaplane landed at LaGuardia’s Marine Air Terminal in New York City in June 1942, the pioneering jet engine designer found himself in a country that prided itself on its technological prowess. And yet, with World War II in full swing, the American jet engines were embarrassingly far behind the British, who themselves had fallen behind their German foes.

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