Hans Joachim Pabst von Ohain (1911 to 1998) was a German-American physicist and engineer, the designer of the first aircraft to use a turbojet engine. Together with Frank Whittle and Anselm Franz he is described as a co-inventor of the turbojet. Supported by the aircraft manufacturer Heinkel, he designed an engine around a centrifugal compressor and a radial inflow turbine, and on 27 August 1939 his engine powered the Heinkel He 178, the first aircraft flown on a gas turbine. Whittle's design flew later in the Gloster E.28/39, and after the war the two men met, became friends and shared the Charles Stark Draper Prize for the independent development of the turbojet engine.
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Defining ContributionDesigned the jet engine that was the first to fly operationally, in the Heinkel He 178 in 1939 2 Hans von Ohain
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Hans Joachim Pabst von Ohain (14 December 1911-13 March 1998)
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Hans Joachim Pabst von Ohain (14 December 1911-13 March 1998) was a German-American physicist, engineer, and the designer of the first aircraft to use a turbojet engine.
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the designer of the first aircraft to use a turbojet engine
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Ohain's jet engine was the first to fly operationally within the Heinkel (He 178) aircraft in 1939.
Heinkel HeS 3 (Wikipedia)
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Designed by Hans von Ohain while working at Heinkel
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was the world's first operational jet engine to power an aircraft. Designed by Hans von Ohain while working at Heinkel
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was an early jet engine designed by Hans von Ohain while working at Heinkel
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum: Engine, Heinkel He S 011 Turbojet
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The engine was designed by Dr. Hans von Ohain
Jet engine (Wikipedia)
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Frank Whittle, Hans von Ohain
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Frank Whittle, Hans von Ohain
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