Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Gerald Howarth (Conservative), on Tuesday, 5 June 2007, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 73 members in total.

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CENTENARY OF SIR FRANK WHITTLE, INVENTOR OF THE JET ENGINE

That this House pays tribute to the late Sir Frank Whittle on the centenary of his birth on 1st June 1907 at Coventry; acknowledges his genius and determination in inventing and developing the world's first turbo jet engine; and notes that with the support of the Royal Air Force, in which he served with distinction, and he made an outstanding and definitive contribution to the development of air transport and air warfare enhancing the critical role of engineering to the prosperity of the United Kingdom.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1611 

Session

2006-07

Other sponsors

Alan Duncan

Julian Lewis

Jim Cunningham

Lord Harper

Baroness Kramer

Subjects

Anniversaries Whittle, Frank

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk