In the 1920s, Frank Whittle, who grew up making model airplanes, designed the first working engine of this type
...... JET ENGINE  1937  Frank Whittle, UK and Han Von Ohain, 
Germany [DOC] [TLE] Rolls-Royce history timeline  Rolls-Royce [PAR] Rolls-Royce grew from the electrical and mechanical business established by 
Henry Royce in 1884.