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aj
January 24th 05, 10:23 PM
A rare oportunity to obtain a limited edition framed print based on the
manuscripts of Frank Whittle (17/100). It shows extracts from the
original Frank Whittle manuscript in which he first outlined his case
for the gas turbine.

The manuscript was written in 1931 when whittle was a young cadet in
the Royal Air Force. he later went on to pioneer the development of the
jet engine with Rolls-Royce.

In 2004 to mark the Centenary of Rolls royce, 100 of the prints were
produced:

The package includes

Framed manuscript (The manuscript pages are printed on American Cotton
paper using screenless printing process)
Certificate of athenticity (issued by Rolls Royce)


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