People · researcher
Hans von Ohain
1911–1998 · Engineering
- Lifespan
- 1911–1998
- Field
- Engineering
- Known For
- Built the jet engine that flew first, in the Heinkel He 178 in August 1939 — independently of Whittle and unaware of him.
- Nationality
- German
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