In the fall of 1942, Heinkel received a contract for the He S 011, a high pressure ratio engine with a growth potential of 15,568 N (3,500 lb.). Dr. Hans von Ohain, who generally shares credit with ...
Designer W.E.W. Petter wanted a clean fuselage for the Canberra, forcing him to abandon a center-mounted jet engine and instead use the promising but highly experimental Rolls-Royce AJ.65 axial flow ...