Inventor Name
Tinling, J.C.B.
Repository
National Air and Space Museum
Smithsonian Institution
Archives Division
Room 3100, MRC 322
PO Box 37012
Washington, DC 20013-7012
202-633-2320
http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/arch/
Summary
Tinling was directly involved with the work of Frank Whittle, inventor of the first turbojet engine. Tinling, along with Whittle initated Power Jets, Ltd., a company incorporated to develop Whittle’s jet engine ideas. This collection consists of corporate records, magazine articles, photographs, and scrapbook containing newspaper clippings on Power Jets, Ltd. The majority of the material relates to Frank Whittle and his accomplishments.