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After receiving his degree in 1935, Ohain became the junior assistant of Robert Wichard Pohl , then director of the Physical Institute of the University of Göttingen.

In 1936, while working for Pohl, Von Ohain earned a patent on his version of jet engines. He then joined the Heinkel company in Rostock, Germany and, sponsored by Ernst Heinkel, developed a successful liquid-fueled engine, the HeS.3B engine , while Heinkel's firm designed an experimental aircraft for the engine to be installed in, the Heinkel He 178Heinkel He 178 Description RoleExperimental prototype Crewone, pilot Dimensions Length7. 48 m24' 6" Wingspan7. 20 m23' 3" Height2. 10 m6' 10" Wing area9. 1 m²98 ft² Weights Empty1,620 kg3,572 lb Loaded1,998 kg 4,405 lb Maximum take-off Powerplant Engine H. This resulted in the first turbojet powered aircraft flight on August 27August 27 is the 239th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (240th in leap years), with 126 days remaining. Events 479 BC Battle of Plataea ends the Persian invasion of Greece, Mardonius routed by Pausanias, the Spartan commander of the Greek army., 1939Events January-June January 2 End of term for Frank Finley Merriam, 28th Governor of California. He is succeeded by Culbert Levy Olson. January 24 Earthquake kills 30. 000 in Chile about 50. 000 sq mi razed January 26 Falangists take Barcelona January 26 near Rostock from the Heinkel Airfield.

In 1947Events January January 1 British mines nationalized January 1 Nigeria gains limited autonomy January 1 The Canadian Citizenship Act went into effect January 3 Proceedings of the United States Congress are televised for the first time. January 10 United Na von Ohain was brought to the United StatesThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in by Operation PaperclipOriginally called Operation Overcast Operation Paperclip was the codename for the operation by the US intelligence services and military to extract scientists specialising in rocketry (e. V-1, V-2), chemical weapons (e. Zyklon-B) and medicine from Germany and went to work for the United States Air ForceThe United States Air Force USAF is the aviation branch of the United States armed forces. The mission of the USAF is "to defend the United States through the control and exploitation of air and space. Organization There are three components of the USAF: at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. In 1956 he was made the Director of the Air Force Aeronautical Research Laboratory and by 1975 he was the Chief Scientist of the Aero Propulsion Laboratory there.

In 1991 von Ohain and Whittle were awarded the Charles Stark Draper Prize for their work on turbojet engines.