Hans von Ohain, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hans von Ohain

German aerospace engineer

Date of Birth: 14-Dec-1911

Place of Birth: Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Date of Death: 13-Mar-1998

Profession: engineer, physicist, inventor, aerospace engineer

Nationality: United States, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Hans Joachim Pabst von Ohain (14 December 1911 – 13 March 1998) was a German physicist, and the designer of the first operational jet engine.
His first design ran in March 1937, and it was one of his engines that powered the world's first flyable all-jet aircraft, the prototype of the Heinkel He 178 (He 178 V1) in late August 1939.
In spite of these early successes, other German designs quickly eclipsed Ohain's, and none of his engine designs entered widespread production or operational use. Ohain started to develop his first turbojet engine designs independently during the same period that Frank Whittle was working on his own similar designs in Britain, and their turbojet designs are said by some to be an example of simultaneous invention.
However, Frank Whittle was already working on his design in the late 1920s and openly patented the design in 1930, a full seven years before Ohain's design ran.
Ohain's first jet engine, the Heinkel HeS 1, ran successfully in April 1937, the same month that Whittle's first engine, the Power Jets WU First Model, also ran successfully.
Ohain's jet engine was the first to fly operationally within the Heinkel He 178 aircraft in 1939, which was followed by Whittle's engine with-in the Gloster E.28/39 in 1941.
Operational jet fighter aircraft from both Germany and Britain entered operational use virtually simultaneously in July, 1944.
After the war the two men met and became friends.