It is true that GE was the first to do jet engine development in the US.
Because of the war the British gave Whittle's design to the US for
development. However, the first GE engines were a centrifugal copy of
Whittle's work. Westinghouse was the first US company to use an axial flow
design and that was most-likely copied from a captured Jumo engine. -Elon
"Albaugh, Neil"
Not to take anything away from Whittle, but his centrufugal design was very
limited and it wasn't until General Electric improved his original design
with their axial-flow approach that it became a practical powerplant.
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