Sir Frank Whittle Memorial Roundabout | roundabout / traffic circle, interesting place

United Kingdom / England / Lutterworth /
 roundabout / traffic circle, interesting place
A tribute to Sir Frank Whittle, it is thought that Lutterworth was the one of workplaces of Sir Frank Whittle, This statue of the plane stands in the middle of a roundabout just south of the town as a memorial.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Frank_Whittle
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Coordinates:   52°27'1"N   1°11'54"W

Comments

  • Having worked in Lutterworth this roundabout is used as a way point, commonly both commuters & locals refers to the junction as spitfire roundabout
  • I concur that locals refer to it as the 'spitfire roundabout'. :-)
  • ;-) But it's a scaled down Gloster Meteor.
  • I have added the 'interesting place' category to this article.
  • It's not even a Meteor but seems to be a sleeker version of the Gloster E.28/39 or Gloster "Whittle" the first British Jet aircraft to fly. A suitable memorial . .
  • It's a glosser meteor
  • It's not a meteor !! It's a Gloster E.28/39 as the engine was developed and produced in lutterworth boasting to be the UK's first jet fighter.
  • For those of you who are struggling with this .......Gloster E28/39 single engine .......Gloster Meteor twin turbo jet engined aircraft with an engine on each wing.
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