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German aerospace engineer (–)

Hans Joachim Pabst von Ohain (14 December &#;&#; 13 March ) was a German physicist, engineer, and the designer of the first aircraft to use a turbojet engine.^[1] Together with Frank Whittle and Anselm Franz, he has been described as the co-inventor of the turbojet engine.

However, the historical timelines show that von Ohain was still a university student when, in January , Whittle filed his first patent for a turbojet engine and successfully tested his first engine in April , some 6 months before von Ohain.

Additionally, prior to designing his engine and filing his own patent in , von Ohain had read and critiqued Whittle's patents.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]} Von Ohain stated in his biography that "My interest in jet propulsion began in the fall of when I was in my seventh semester at Göttingen University.

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