2021
SP3379 : Frank Whittle statue and Whittle Arch, Millennium Place, Coventry
taken 3 years ago, near to Coventry, England
Frank Whittle statue and Whittle Arch, Millennium Place, Coventry
Sir Frank Whittle, inventor of the jet engine, peers at the sky through the pair of winglike arches that span Millennium Place. The statue was erected in 2007, the centenary of Whittle's birth in Earlsdon, Coventry. Link
It was sculpted by Faith Winter.
Educated in Leamington, and later with the RAF and at Cambridge University, Whittle patented an engine in 1930 and worked on it in Rugby, where the first engine test run took place in 1937, and later at Lutterworth, across the county boundary in Leicestershire. More information on Whittle's connections with the Coventry area can be found at the Our Warwickshire site, here Link .
It was sculpted by Faith Winter. Educated in Leamington, and later with the RAF and at Cambridge University, Whittle patented an engine in 1930 and worked on it in Rugby, where the first engine test run took place in 1937, and later at Lutterworth, across the county boundary in Leicestershire. More information on Whittle's connections with the Coventry area can be found at the Our Warwickshire site, here Link
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- Grid Square
- SP3379, 1855 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- A J Paxton (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Saturday, 31 July, 2021 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Sunday, 8 August, 2021
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
SP 3353 7925 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:24.6139N 1:30.5103W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: SP 3353 7926
- View Direction
- South-southeast (about 157 degrees)
