Brockworth, Gloucestershire - Definition and Overview

Brockworth is a village in Gloucestershire that may be considered a suburb of Gloucester. It was here that Sir Frank Whittle designed and built the Gloster Gloster E.28/39 jet.

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External links

More about Frank Whittle (http://www-g.eng.cam.ac.uk/125/achievements/whittle/telgraph.htm)
Royal Air Force History of the Gloster E28/39/Meteor (http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/e281.html)
Hucclecote Parish (http://www.hucclecotepc.gov.uk/airfield.html) where the E28/39 aircraft, with a jet engine designed by Sir Frank Whittle, became airborne in taxiing runs for the first time.

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