Synopsis
Jeremy Clarkson tells the story of how Frank Whittle pioneered the jet engine and goes around the globe to explore the impact of Whittle's machine on the modern world.
- Programme: Inventions That Changed the World
- Episode: 03: The Jet
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2004
- History
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