History of gas turbine engines
1903 first gas turbine was built, had three cylinders, multistage compressor combustion chamber, impulse turbine
1903 Stolze Aegidus Elling of Norway, built successful gas turbine engine that had 80% efficiency for both the turbine and compressor and could withstand inlet temperatures up to 400C.
1930’s Sir Frank Whittle headed a group at the Royal Aircraft Establishment that’s goal was to produce an efficient gas turbine engine for jet propulsion.
Their first successful jet took flight May 15 1941.
Dr Hans P von Ohain had similar progress in Germany which lead to the first ever flight of a jet aircraft on August 27, 1939.