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 | | The secret flight in Germany of the Heinkel He-178 on Aug. 27, 1939, led to revolutions in aviation, warfare, transportation, politics, and the world economy. |
 | | Heinkel already had Walter and Siegfried Günter working for him on a rocket plane, the He-176. |
 | | Whittle continued to consult and lecture as his health permitted and eventually immigrated to the United States in 1976, where he became a research professor at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. Honors were heaped on him over the years until his death on Aug. 9, 1996. |
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