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Power Jets WU information


WU
Type Turbojet
Manufacturer Power Jets
First run 12 April 1937
Major applications none
Number built 3
Developed into Power Jets W.1

The Power Jets WU (Whittle Unit) was a series of three very different experimental jet engines produced and tested by Frank Whittle and his small team in the late 1930s.

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